"The government ministers are angered over allegations that they are corrupt."
"Wouldn't you be?"
"Of course, but..."
"There is no but my friend. Fasih Bukhari, the head of National Accountability Bureau, is a PPP nominee and his candidacy was opposed by the PML (N) but the PPP prevailed and now look! The guy has begun acting like an ungrateful..."
"Well, there have been other ingrate individuals as far as the PPP is concerned."
"True, but the numbers have increased since 2008. I ask you where is loyalty?"
"Apart from Nargis Sethi's sustained support for former Prime Minister Gilani no one else came to his rescue, isn't that what Gilani said publicly?"
"Indeed, he did and now the poor fellow has to constantly go to the President to get what he wants."
"What does he want?"
"People like Fasih Bukhari not to have the audacity to summon him to explain why he hired a mere matriculate to head OGDC."
"Isn't it the Prime Minister's prerogative to appoint whoever he wants wherever he wants?"
"Barring some requests from more influential people yes... and he has the peoples mandate and democracy must be allowed to prevail."
"Right and this is irrespective of the fact that he appointed an unqualified man to the post?"
"Quite so."
"So, now what?"
"Now the PPP is willing to go after those in the media who are bad mouthing their governance record."
"But the collapse of all institutions - from PSM to PIA to Pakistan Railways to..."
"Hey, the fault lies with global recession."
"I think the push from those who were placed in positions of authority in these entities had a major role in their collapse as well."
"Take them to court."
"Well, then you say it is judicial activism. Besides, it is the government's duty to take the corrupt to the court, the government has the wherewithal and the..."
"Oh, you are so anti-democracy! And that, as our President would say, is your appallingly poor mindset."
"I am doing research on different mind sets in this country - the Taliban, those in KP, those in Punjab, the PPP, the PML (N), MQM..."
"Hey focus: not all mindsets are important and some are important at some fora and others at shall we say more domestic fora."
"Don't be facetious."