"Ah, to be the President of Pakistan."
"Its all that power, isn't it? I mean the power to get people to do precisely what you want them to, even though you know they don't want to do it."
"You referring to the battle for the PM?"
"There was no battle...I mean if Jamali and Chaudhry are anything to go by then there was a battle of how not to be prime minister for long. Each was bending over backwards to accommodate Musharraf. I mean we have Jamali quietly leaving the highest office in the land. We have the Chaudhry taking over the office for an interim period...and need I add he has given a new meaning to the term interim PM...and then we have the gentleman-in-waiting, well, he is just waiting to get everybody else out..."
"Yeah, but that was not what I was referring to..."
"Ah, I know you were referring to Musharraf's friendship with Bush and the fact that he was actually welcomed at Camp David, the first ever Pakistani President to be welcomed there."
"No, I wasn't even referring to that."
"Don't tell me, I know finally. You envy the President because he can change the constitution single handedly faster than you can take a shower."
"Nope."
"OK, I give up, you tell me."
"I envy him because of his foreign trips. He is off to Sweden and Finland now."
"You know what the terms of reference for a Pakistani President are?"
"Tell me."
"To feel no compunction about two things: one to dismiss governments and two to amend the Constitution."
"Three to want to travel to every country that extends an invitation and four to make sure that the entourage consists of only those you like."
"Hey, he didn't take Shaukat Aziz this time and he says he is going to Sweden and Finland to seek economic ties. Explain that if you will."
"Musharraf's actions are above explanation...And that constitutes the final term of reference for the job of a Pakistani President ie not to explain anything when asked."
"Yeah that explanation thing belongs to the underlings...like Mushahid who has explained that Pakistan is not worried about Indian short range missile as it's a sovereign state like we are..."
"Who made him the official spokesman?"
"He has been very nice to the new set-up since his release...devoted to say the least and most important of all he hasn't talked to any member of the Sharif family since his release."
"Ah yes, that is political astuteness these days."