"Sherry Rehman really needs to have a chat with Rehman Malik."
"I would have thought it would be the other way round. That Rehman Malik has the authority to summon Sherry Rehman and not the other way round."
"But he really doesn't seem to understand one obvious fact: that the Press cannot be muzzled any more. It's a completely changed environment as far as the press is concerned."
"The PPP has maintained that they have no intention of muzzling the Press."
"Right and the Press is not going to be silenced any more when it has access to facts."
"What in the world are your referring to?"
"Rehman Malik has made three blunders based on how he tackled the Press in his less than two months in power. All three blunders could have been avoided had he known that the Press would not be silenced. First blunder: delaying the bye-elections and not claiming responsibility till he was outed."
"Outed? That's not quite kosher here, is it?"
"In this instance outed is the right word given the scale of the reaction shall we say."
"OK and the second?"
"Second he reportedly threatened a few journalists, which, again was reported."
"Ah yes, and another denial came."
"And third though something tells me not the last was his claim that the government got the Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan released from his captors without any conditions. It was reported that the government met seven out of nine conditions."
"That's certainly true so Sherry needs to talk to him you reckon? But that won't do any good. His source of power is much higher, ie the party Co-chairman."
"I see so we will hope that there will be lessons learned from the last three experiences." "One lesson has been learned. He got one section of the Press to write eulogies about him." "But one would have hoped of other lessons being learned." "In your dreams, my friend."