"The photograph was interesting!"
"A photograph, so goes the saying, is worth a thousand words."
"Can you kind of give me a short version of no more than 10 words?"
"I suppose, I can - the French are getting all veiled women to take it off."
"That is their prerogative. Legislation is the forte of the parliament and while you and I are still waiting for Babar Awan as our Law Minister to attend a meeting of the committee that is looking at the accountability law three years down the line the French have legislated."
"But violation of their rights..."
"You guys don't guarantee those rights so what right do you have to criticise the French."
"But the French claim that..."
"The only thing the French claim is that they like to eat frog's legs, so call them froggies like the Brits do but let's call a spade a spade: they have the right to legislate whatever. If your parliament can't legislate on important matters then you have no license to take that right away from others who do."
"One question: what if a non-French Muslim goes to visit France and wears a veil - do the French laws apply to her as well?"
"I would imagine. So either the rich Muslims who do not support the French ban stop visiting France...."
"Ah, but a lot of these rich Muslims own huge palaces in France."
"Right, but their womenfolk don't wear veils so no issue."
"I guess, but you know I wasn't referring to the froggie ban on veils."
"Were you referring to the President's picture on arrival in Ankara. I would like to advise the President that he mustn't dress up in black from top to toe...that is a no, no, he should have worn a tie of a different colour or something to break the monotony."
"Hey he was dressed in shalwar kameez, no ties there...but he did have a scarf of the same dark colour..."
"Too much monotony! Gotta break it! But I was actually referring to the picture of the Prime Minister with the cricket team."
"Ah, I know what you are referring to...Rehman Malik lurking in the corner asking each and every member of the team what he can do for them..."
"And I would advise the team to beware...last time he offered Rehmania Hajj free didn't quite work out that way."
"Indeed."