"The Khan party as per the Election Commission of Pakistan won 16.9 million votes ion 2018 and that my friend allows him to do pretty much what he wants."

"Excuse me but the PML-N won 12.9 million votes, the PPP 6.9 million votes and if you add the two the total is 19.8 million so more people voted for these status quo parties and if you add the Maulana's vote then it's a little over 20 million...."

"In the next elections the leadership of the PML-N at least would be disqualified and maybe it would be a challenge to prove Bilawal's complicity because he was too young and..."

"Wasn't that the case with the Nawaz Sharif progeny as well - they were too young when those London flats were procured and...."

"But they, how shall I put it, amassed greater wealth during their daddy's premiership while Bilawal may have used the proceeds of Zardari sahib's business ventures but we all know he is not involved in those ventures and.... "

"A lawyer told me that if daddy or grand daddy's wealth was acquired through questionable means then the grandchild cannot justify his claim to that wealth."

"Hmmm lets wait and see what the courts decide, I mean arresting a politician has not yet led to a conviction other than in Nawaz Sharif's case....anyway Maryam Nawaz has returned to the arena and let's be honest she has presence and the electronic media loves her, she is eye candy, and her fiery speeches adorn the newspapers the following day and..."

"Right and she appeared with Ahsan Iqbal, and not her usual suspects."

"I don't understand."

"Her usual suspects are Daniyal Aziz..."

"Ha ha the man who was slapped on live television and whose reaction was to splutter though he was double in size to the gentlemen who slapped him, now sadly deceased."

"OK not a good choice, then there was Talal Chaudhary....oooops no, not much better, how about Parveen M Rashid...."

"I have said this time and again, sort out your key board and if the M stands for Middlesex then I would urge you to stop it....."

"There is no way these folks are coming back to power soon, or so the PTI reckons."

"Hmmm good point and then there is Captain Black Beard..."

"I hope you are not referring to Captain Safdar, I mean he is a mild mannered man while Captain Black Beard was cruel and..."

"I stand corrected so you reckon Ahsan Iqbal in attendance meant Maryam is more than a couple of steps closer to becoming a viable heir......."

"Yes see it's a process, they all go through the process even Zardari sahib who began his career in politics as the First Spouse and only after the assassination of Benazir did he assume the mantle of power..."

"And he kept that mantle, inspite of many opinion makers at the time arguing that the jiyalas would not follow him."

"Right so touche to him - Maryam is at present at the stage of being First Daughter - drawing power from daddy - she has a long way to go."

"Indeed but I see her going into prison soon."

"Ziaul Haq tried this and it didn't work, Musharraf tried it and it didn't work....lets see maybe what didn't work in the past works now."

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