ARTICLE: "A picture is worth a thousand words."

"And then there are some pictures which are not even worth one word."

"Ha ha that's true, which picture are you referring to?"

"You first."

"No, you first."

"You have no future in politics - anyone who opts for second place has no future in politics."

"Nor in sports, including cricket."

"That's true OK I will go first, I reckon the pictures of Karachi inundated with water speak volumes of the state of governance there and I have no sympathy for the Man who Claims to be Helpless, the mayor...."

"Do you have any sympathy for the PTI that won 14 seats from Karachi?"

"I am not sure I understand them - I recall the 14 claiming that they would clean the city forthwith some months ago and there were many pictures of one or the other of the 14 trying to clean up the gutters but then nothing."

"Hmmm and then you have the PPP, what of them?"

"Karachi people have not been nice to the PPP and in a tit for tat..."

"One question: the party rules the province and most of the party's senior leadership is resident in Karachi..."

"Hey some areas of Karachi are not inundated!"

"OK so basically you can only sympathize with the people of Karachi."

"Specific areas, yes; now you tell me which picture was not worth a single word?"

"The Khan came on television and had the usual masked suspects on his left and right and for your information none of them was the caped crusader for justice and..."

"Don't be facetious."

"Anyway I reckon he was flanked by six to seven of his special assistants and ministers and..."

"Not a single adviser?"

"Right and they remained quiet; surely their time could have been better spent working."

"Hey it was a press briefing and in case a question was asked..."

"A press briefing without the press?"

"That's the new Pakistan you silly."

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