"So the daghi has challenged former Foreign Minister to face him in NA 150 that he vacated."
"The incumbency factor..."
"The incumbency factor is not going to be relevant given that the man who vacated the seat is trying to get re-elected from another party's ticket!"
"I thought Hashmi was going to stand as an independent this time around and is not going to ask PML-N for a ticket."
"But I have it from the horse's mouth that the PML-N will do a Siddiqui on its own candidate."
"Excuse me? Horse's mouth?"
"I can't give you the horse's name though I can say it's not a gelding likely to win any race."
"Oh dear, I guess the aging process is catching up with our leadership - Nawaz Sharif, Zardari sahib, Altaf bhai, Maulana Diesel, Asfandyar Wali were young leaders twenty thirty years ago but no more ."
"Hey, Imran is not a young chicken any more."
"True, but the young like him a lot more than the young inheritors and I am referring to Maryam Nawaz, Humza Shahbaz and the three Bhutto Zardaris."
"Time will tell how well the young inheritors fare but anyway remember Mian sahib's deal with Zardari sahib in 2008 - when PML-N proposed the name of a former judge as its candidate for the post of the president yet the party did not actively canvass and the consensus was that Zardari sahib had an easy win."
"Zardari sahib is the master of cobbling unlikely deals even with those he doesn't like at all and..."
"Hey, let's leave the poor guy out of this - all I am saying is that Mian sahib may grant the party ticket to someone but not actively canvass for him."
"So the baghi has returned to the party fold."
"I am not sure - I mean Hashmi sahib made many faux pas if you know what I mean - he attacked PML-N when he was joining PTI and then when he was in PTI he said on the floor of the house that he continues to regard Mian sahib as his leader - all I am saying is that I was extremely taken by his courageous stance against Musharraf but what he said and did after is not very impressive."
"But he is a Makhdoom and..."
"Checkmate my friend so is Shah Mehmood Qureshi."
"I think the PTI should allow Qureshi's son or brother or whoever to contest the bye-elections..."
"PTI is into resignations and not giving credence to the transparency of the electoral system..."
"Surely Imran Khan must know that for change he must win elections - and this time around get the entire party and the media to monitor the vote counting and all and then win. I mean what better slap to Hashmi than retaining the seat for PTI!"
"I agree, but Khan sahib is stubborn."
"Sadly that's true."