"Hey, did you hear the latest!"
"Yes, Zawahiri has asked the Pakistani nation to rise against Musharraf..."
"We Pakistanis don't take kindly to foreigners telling us what to do."
"But why would he say it at this time? I mean even Musharraf has said that he knows his popularity is waning..."
"It's a matter of degree."
"Whatever do you mean?"
"Well, considering that Musharraf's referendum led to 98 percent of the electorate supporting him..."
"Don't go there. Even Musharraf thought that was the result of over-zealous state machinery shall we say..."
"Yeah, but he probably thinks that instead of 98 percent probably 80 percent voted for him and now when he admits his popularity is waning one would suppose he reckons that it has gone down to 72 percent. Contrast this with President Bush's ratings and I rest my case. But that is not what I was referring to when I asked if you had heard the latest."
"I know Sheikh Sahib, former Minister of the Disinformation Ministry and present Minister of Railways hath spoken again."
"Indeed, he has. And true to form it is a source of much comic relief."
"Yep. 80 percent discount to those who helped him."
"Politicians?"
"No."
"Ministers?"
"No."
"The armed forces?"
"Don't be facetious?"
"Then who?"
"Journalists, Ulema and oh yes, the students."
"That would further wreck the finances of that loss making monolith referred to as Pakistan Railways."
"Hey you gotta do as a politician what you gotta do."
"I guess."
"Meanwhile his heir, the new Minister of Disinformation, has stated that the BB-Nawaz Sharif meeting in London was merely a drama."
"Oh, well. We do what we gotta do."