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"I would just like to bring it to the notice of The Khan that all is not lost in spite of appallingly poor economic data with respect to what matters to the public - inflation, utility prices, unemployment levels, and he can still make amends and..."

"I strongly disagree - things are improving, didn't you hear what Hafeez Sheikh said about the economy! And Hafeez Sheikh is the most balanced individual I have ever come across."

"Are you referring to his balancing of the twin deficits he inherited - the current account courtesy the PML-N, and the budget deficit courtesy The Khan - remember the deficit for last year was budgeted at 4.9 percent, a gross understatement by the Shahid Khaqan Abbasi gang; a more realistic deficit for last year was 7.2 percent, isn't that what Hafeez Sheikh put into the budget documents for the current year?! And then viola it was actually 8.9 percent as revealed in August data!"

"That's not what I was referring to when I said Hafeez Sheikh is the most balanced person I have come across."

"Were you referring to Sheikh covertly abusing the Junior Gang Members (JGM) allocated to him by The Khan to project his narrative however flawed it maybe?"

"Did you mean Hammad Azhar! And Shabbar Zaidi? I notice that Khusro Bakhtiar has detached himself from the JGM."

"I reckon only Hammad Azhar is left; Shabbar Zaidi is scowling more and more and the end of his moustache is a tad lower than when he accepted the position..."

"Don't be facetious, besides Hammad Azhar is a development economics major from prestigious SOAS..."

"Do they teach hard core economic subjects in Development Economics? I was under the impression that the curriculum includes some economic subjects but there are a lot of non-economic subjects for example sociology and anthropology; besides given the state of the economy we need someone with a post-graduate degree..."

"Hey this is Pakistan, I tell you even men with post graduate economics degrees and experience in teaching at prestigious US schools follow very much in the box policies..."

"Same o same o. Anyway, I have given up on Hafeez Sheikh's narrative, I mean he simply has no clue what is happening at the grass root level..."

"I think others are misleading Hafeez Sheikh - the guy he buys tomatoes from is selling it at under 20 rupees per kilo to him..."

"I see, so it's not Sheikh's fault, it's his dishonest vegetable vendor..."

"Absolutely."

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019

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