"So what's up, haven't heard from you in a couple of weeks."
"I was out of the country."
"You and the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister and..."
"How can you compare my visit with theirs? I mean I was on vacation while they were working."
"Excuse me, but doesn't Dar need to be here in the country to take critical decisions and..."
"Have you heard of the modern means of communication? I mean there is the phone, the email, the fax for those who refuse to deal with the more modern forms of communication."
"All monitored by the US."
"I don't think Dar is doing what the Americans don't know. I mean the guy has taken the country on an International Monetary Fund programme and if you recall recently on his jaunt to the US he did thank the State Department for the IMF package..."
"Don't be facetious. Anyway the Prime Minister and his Finance Minister urge foreign investors to invest in this country during their visits abroad and..."
"The Prime Minister has not been able to convince his sons to invest in this country has he?"
"The Sharifs have a multi-million business in this country and have gone international if you will."
"The Sharifs are not like the Indian Tatas and the Birlas you know, they are more like the Pakistani brand of businessmen."
"Which is?"
"They have a business empire in this country which may feed the business empire outside but the one outside isn't large enough to get the host government interested if you know what I mean."
"I see, but you know this obsession with real estate as an investment is a third world phenomenon. The oil rich Arabs and our politicians bank abroad and then buy real estate though to be honest I am not sure what the Prime Minister's sons are engaged in..."
"And you my friend are a typical Pakistani journalist, engaged in making sweeping statements based on your opinionated view of politics."
"Like you, hitting out at those who hit out against the party you support."
"So I guess we are emblematic of our profession too hunh?"
"I guess."