Partly Facetious: Dr Jekyll or Mr Hyde?

"So what do you reckon - Dr Jekyll or Mr Hyde?"

Dual personality is a disease referred to as dissociative identity disorder characterized by two or more distinct personalities and in many instances the one may not be aware of the other. But I am not referring to this illness - I am referring to a state where the good and the bad personalities are fully aware of each other and my question to you stands."

"I thought Robert Louis Stevenson's novel was all about a character having good and bad qualities; and of course, we suppress the bad during more lucid moments, the suppression learnt from our parents and schools and..."

"What about Caretakers who join the winning party? Musaddaq Malik did it, most recently Barrister Ali Zafar was reportedly offered and accepted..."

"Hey, the Barrister joined The Khan's party in July last year."

"Shouldn't there be a law barring a caretaker minister from joining the winning party or being offered a position for the duration of the tenure of the party that won to ensure that he or she takes truly unbiased decisions as a caretaker and..."

"There is a law that a public servant cannot take a position for a couple of years after retirement but exemptions are made as you are well aware."

"Oh I see... anyway when I mentioned Dr Jekyll and Hyde, I was actually referring to doctors - I mean the Punjab Medical Board doctors, who recommended that Nawaz Sharif be allowed to proceed abroad for medical treatment, have begun to doubt their earlier recommendation."

"They are merely requesting reports and..."

"Why the fixation with platelets, I mean for Pete's sake they could have stabilised in London."

"After having coffee and pizza in posh places in London..."

"You Khanzadehs decide something one day and then do a U-turn the next day but let me inform you that Pakistan is the only country that has publicly refused to bring Pakistanis back home because as per Dr Mirza they reckon the Chinese government can provide better health care and...and...wait the Pakistanis in China have been told to register with our Embassy while reports suggest that the Embassy staff has switched off the telephones and many have returned home and..."

"Rumours all anyway for those still in China be aware that our foreign office and Dr Mirza have stated that they have a deep eye (and I am making a literal translation from the Urdu term gahri nazar) anyway they have a deep eye on the situation..."

"If they are not bringing back the people then however deep the eye it aint gonna make any difference; besides why can't they bring them back and quarantine them like other countries are doing and..."

"Shut up or put up!"

"I thought I had put up!"

"Well, then shut up."