"Hussain Haqqani was heckled."
"Where?"
"In Washington where he was extolling the introduction of legislation in the House of Representatives that would establish Reconstruction Opportunity Zones in Pakistan and Afghanistan and exports from these zones to the US would be free of duty."
"That's very good."
"If the legislation is passed."
"Yes there is that."
"If I know Pakistanis and Afghans the ones benefiting from these zones would be the elite."
"Ah, that's private enterprise - the cream will rise to the top but don't forget the crème de la crème has an economic theory to back their rising profits: it's called the trickle down theory."
"OK so if this is all good why was HH heckled?"
"HH has a tendency to pontificate."
"Pontificate?"
"Come up with altruisms, you know."
"Like leaders do?"
"Not quite, he would put himself in the category of a philosopher, a bright man, a man of culture."
"Ah, I see so what altruism did he mention?"
"That relations between countries are not based on whims and desires but ground realities."
"That was certainly true of Bush and Musharraf post-9/11."
"See, so HH was right."
"But it isn't true of Bush-Musharraf now."
"Ah, I see."
"HH also told the hecklers to grow up."
"That must have angered them more."
"Yes and he was escorted out of the hall by security."
"Not very diplomatic was he, considering he is representing the people of Pakistan in the US."
"He is a party man you know, not a diplomat."
"Very thin line between the two, a line that has been wiped away by AZ."
"Ah yes, there is that."
"He was also heckled in a doctors' forum in the US and was again escorted out by US security."
"Sounds like Karzai's deal - being provided security by the US against his own people."
"Indeed, it does but HH said to the crowd that they can say whatever they want but would have to come to him for their passports..."
"How dare he threaten like that? It's not as if he can stop a citizen get his passport?"
"Remember Mian Sahib and Musharraf and no passport?"
"So what is this: more of the same?"
"Seems like it."
"AZ needs to come to the rescue of yet another one of his minions."
"A member of the new PPP, according to Amin Fahim."
"Indeed."