"I salute Altaf bhai sahib."
"You do know he is known as Altaf bhai and once you say bhai, you don't need to say sahib."
"Tell our new Prime Minister that! He referred to him as Altaf bhai sahib."
"It's good to acknowledge one's actual position within a period specific context and I salute Raja Pervez Ashraf for accurately determining his position."
"Don't be facetious anyway you began by saying you salute Altaf bhai sahib and not Raja Parvez Ashraf."
"Well yes, he is the only one who made Raja Pervez Ashraf aware of the vicissitude of load shedding and very skilfully without giving offense."
"I don't understand."
"Altaf bhai sahib had Raja Pervez Ashraf in his suit and Rehman Malik in his suit stand outside for more than 20 to 30 minutes without any fan, and the two were dripping sweat..."
"And the calls of hospitality were heeded by the MQM and they offered the two gentlemen tissues to wipe away the sweat."
"You are being facetious."
"No I mean it - if you recall Gilani pir sahib would deliver speeches in a tent but had air conditioners installed right behind him, so he never suffered the vicissitudes of Loadshedding."
"So, do I take this to mean that you are going to support the Raja and give him a chance to reverse the Gilani era poor governance and corruption?"
"Well, the Raja stated that he was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth unlike the Gilanis - father and sons - and..."
"One thing my friend: Raja sahib may not have been born with a silver spoon but he did forge a golden spoon painstakingly as a party member, not party worker as he was close to the party leadership..."
"Oh, for Pete's sake let him be! Give him a chance, he may have learned valuable lessons because he failed earlier as Minister for Water and Power."
"But..."
"Did Nawaz Sharif make major mistakes when he was PM or not?"
"Yes, but..."
"And now you believe that he may rule more wisely as he learned some valuable lessons."
"Well..."
"Give the same benefit of the doubt to Raja Pervez Ashraf I beg you."