ARTICLE: "One question: do you reckon The Khan has us confused."

"The Khan is very clear - the two families who run the two other national parties have amassed wealth through corruption, nepotism and last but not least taking decisions that benefited them materially, you know through a statutory regulatory order, and..."

"Some of the decisions, maybe a lot more than some, were within their prerogative when they were the government, either nationally or at a provincial level, so difficult to litigate."

"I would amend the word difficult with impossible."

"Nothing is impossible in our democracy."

"OK but if he takes away these prerogatives then he must know that he can't do so retrospectively; besides he should be aware that a non-PTI government may prepare cases against those who decided to allow export of sugar and the decision to appoint 'x' instead of 'y' may also be challenged...and all governments fall, strong or not so strong, and..."

"When in power all the chief executives, civilian or military, reckon they are there for life."

"Ziaul Haq was there for life."

"I will ignore that remark, anyway merit must be adhered to and..."

"I agree but our overseas highly qualified Pakistanis who serve The Khan have so far performed as well or as badly as those appointed by previous administrations. Besides in their defense to argue that these overseas Pakistanis remit money on which the economy runs, albeit badly, but runs..."

"Don't be facetious; I know how to solve that problem. Let these special assistants and advisors that The Khan doesn't want to give a senate seat to..."

"But he is willing to give them the status of a federal minister."

"That is from the tax payers money not from his political capital - anyway the way out is to ask these educated overseas Pakistanis to declare how much money they remitted to Pakistan during the last five years and if its more than say 100,000 dollars per annum then they can be inducted..."

"Good one! Anyway when I said The Khan is confusing us I meant..."

"Wait let me guess - the naming of the tiger force, given that tiger is the symbol of the Nawaz Sharif gang and not The Khan and...."

"You mean if someone wants to vote The Khan he or she may stamp the tiger instead of the cricket bat? Come on no one is going to think a cricket bat is a symbol of any other party."

"Hmmmm."

"Anyway I thought you were referring to the renaming of Benazir Income Support Programme to Ehsaas....."

"That's the first name change that will happen if any other party comes to power and...wait...and to pay tribute to a deceased leader is not wrong and..."

"It is when that you think it means more votes to the other party....not that 2013 elections proved that..."

"I guess its politics."

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