"You push till it comes to shove and then sometimes you shove back and sometimes not."
"If you are referring to the victory of the PPP over the Rangers in cutting them to the size that they want then let me bring it to your notice that the capacity to withstand the force of the shove is dependent on location, isn't that the proverb its location, location and location."
"I don't understand."
"If Zardari sahib is in the country then the capacity to withstand shove is lower and if he is out of the country it is considerably higher."
"Don't be facetious. Besides don't we all help our close relatives and friends? Hillary Clinton apparently did so at her son-in-law's request..."
"In-laws are a breed apart, they have to be molly coddled everywhere. But you know I remember when Zardari sahib was the President and the shove had become more than uncomfortable and don't you recall arrangements had been made for him to go to Dubai post haste in case the shove became so powerful that...that..."
"I get it."
"Finally! Anyway Qaim, Zardari sahib's trusty lieutenant, well named as the steadfast..."
"Am not sure Qaim translates into steadfast; besides what's in a name!"
"Everything is in the name. The name Benazir Income Support Programme still gets stuck in the Finance Minister's throat and he does try to drop the Benazir when referring to it but to officially change the name would require a parliamentary approval and that would come out as really petty and no doubt anger Zardari sahib; but the PML-N government has succeeded in quietly dropping the Benazir from the under construction new international airport in Islamabad..."
"Hey, by the time that airport gets operational another martyr's name may take precedence."
"The PPP would have to be in power for that to happen... let's be honest the PML-N may not support the name of any martyred PPP leader for any populist programme or building but the party hasn't given names of its own leaders..."
"None have been martyred yet."
"OK, but unlike the PPP the party is not into photographs, I mean which PPP second tier leader doesn't have a photograph of their martyred leaders as well as the current leaders? You don't find that with the nawalas..."
"Agreed but they show their loyalty through a spirited defence of the Sharifs, and there you go..."
"Go where?"
"Sharifs, the name, it's all in the name my friend! And please remember how the PML-N attack guards attack Imran Khan? Amongst other accusations as Imran Niazi and that is the height of their insult..."
"I would have to agree with you there..."