"So where did Gilani meet Shahbaz Sharif?"
"You belong to one of a kind group."
"Sorry?"
"The group you belong to my friend focuses on the irrelevant. In today's heated political climate your question is where did Gilani and Shahbaz Sharif meet? I can think of many more pertinent questions."
"Well, where they met would determine who the supplicant was and who was the..."
"You don't need the location to determine who the supplicant was? Clearly Gilani is on the back foot these days."
"Ah, but did the Chief Minister of Punjab go visit the Prime Minister or was it the other way round?"
"I fail to see..."
"The point my friend is that Gilani went to see the Chaudhrys in their home."
"I see. Well Shahbaz Sharif is subordinate to the Prime Minister protocol-wise you have to accept that, while the Chaudhrys are not."
"Isn't the Prime Minister accorded the second highest protocol irrespective of whether you compare him with someone who holds an office or not?"
"I guess and in response to your question I am not sure where the two gentlemen met."
"They met at Gilani's house in Lahore and I know that because a huge picture of Benazir Bhutto was displayed in the background."
"I can't quite understand our politicians' penchant for putting photographs of their party leaders, dead or alive, in prominent places in their house. I wonder if Western politicians do that too."
"Western politicians do not use their homes for politics or interviews."
"I see, but there is one man who has photographs of his family up on the wall."
"Who?"
"The President, he has the photograph of his wife and his father-in-law on the wall, and before you say anything he has added Jinnah's photograph on the wall too."
"The President is one of a kind: he has his own photograph up on the wall as well."
"Why ever not, after all he holds the same party office as the two Bhuttos did during their lifetime."