"He is very shallow because his mind is very narrow - these are words uttered by a very famous Indian actor in a movie that can be applied to so many people."
"Are you by any chance referring to the same man who considers himself the scion of the Urdu language and argues that the use of mard ka bacha (a man's son) does not reflect any gender bias?"
"Hmmm, I guess you are referring to the same man who Bilawal Bhutto Zardari declared as an educated illiterate, another Urdu proverb that can be applied to loyalists on both sides of the political spectrum. I just want him to know that languages evolve over time to reflect the new social realities and as a member of the New Pakistan party he should be aware that some expressions especially by a politician are best left unused."
"If he is to study the new social realities and refrain from the use of some proverbs then perhaps he should better spend his time reading up on basic economic theory."
"I agree there, he said Miftah Ismail should give the figure for foreign exchange reserves and the current account deficit on 30 May last year, the year of the end of the PML-N government. I ask him how much are the foreign exchange reserves today? And what is the current account deficit today he thundered four to five times? And inferred that statistics were doctored by the previous administration, a valid point, but then how does he justify claims of better performance during the New Pakistan government based on data that continues to reflect the promotion ambitions of those working in the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics rather than the ground realities - when the media asks how the inflation rate for the first six months of the three national parties showing better performance of the New Pakistan party was calculated PBS staff is silent..."
"Ha ha, that my dear reminds me of the proverb what is good for the goose is not good for the gander."
"You calling him a goose, after all he has done for women's rights - I mean he promoted women in the private sector...."
"Private sector has its own compulsions he should stick to what he has achieved in the public sector and let me name a few of his achievements: State Bank figures indicate that it held foreign reserves of $10.03 billion on 25 May 2018 albeit all borrowed, comparable figures on March 2019 were US 8.1 billion dollars (and this is after Saudi Arabia parked 3 billion dollars and UAE one billion dollars as a one year loan in the SBP). Current account deficit for the ten months of 2018 was 14 billion dollars and today it is over 19.7 billion dollars July-January."
"I am not a technical person so I will cite another proverb, there is no honour in attacking the weak, and in Pakistan when you are out of government you are automatically weak so desist from attacking and whenever BBZ added Bhutto in his name and for whatever reason what he said about the state of the economy was quite relevant and I would urge..."
"I don't see any pigs flying in this country."
"What?"
"My response to your exhortation: if pigs could fly."
"Don't be facetious."
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