ARTICLE: "No NRO, so sayeth The Khan even if the country cannot meet the Financial Action Task Force's time bound conditions which may lead to the country being sanctioned with a consequent..."
"Look at the bright side..."
"What bright side!? You and I both know that CCoP...."
"Two things, first, by the bright side I meant entirely facetiously that being on the black list would compel the economic team leaders to stop incurring debt left, right and centre, and second how can CCoP as in Cabinet Committee on Privatization make these two axis of evil leaders accountable, I mean it's not as if they own public sector companies....OK OK The Khan reckons they are funded entirely by public money but to prove that is going to be next to impossible..."
"By CCoP I meant Catch Criminals of Previous years committee.....maybe the Law Minister can head it..."
"Would he have to resign for a third time or would it be the fourth..."
"With Babar Awan sitting in the wings that revolving door may have been replaced with a solid steel door...."
"I have a suggestion for The Khan, how about if he nationalizes the companies of these two axis of evil leaders in which case he needs to do what he does best - set up another committee with the title CCoN, Cabinet Committee on Nationalization...."
"I have to give him that! I mean the number of committees especially if you include task forces has surpassed those that were set up during the past sixty nine years of the country's history and...."
"Right anyway my point to The Khan is FATF is his responsibility now, he can't place the onus on the opposition, and if he has to make yet another deal for its passage he should do so....I mean he would otherwise have to wait for March to get a majority in the senate and then pass the FATF legislation so why doesn't he do what the Opposition wants and make a deal till March and then...."
"The Khan is a cricket player and Oscar Wilde, the famous playwright, said cricket requires one to assume such indecent postures and so I would urge The Khan...."
"The Khan's days of cricket are long over - he now plays not cricket but baseball and the baseball great Babe Ruth said every strike brings me closer to the next home run."
"Don't be facetious but anyway when I said"
"Now who is being facetious."
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