"So the wedding is over."
"Yes, apparently Mian sahib took three days off, and before you start itemizing all that ails the country which he should have been working on let me tell you that he is entitled to leave."
"I know we all, public/private sector, are entitled to some leave - there is sick leave, casual leave and annual leave. So attending the marriage festivities of his granddaughter are what? Casual or annual leave?"
"Well, I am not sure it all depends on which leave is left at the end of the year. If Mian sahib has exhausted his casual and annual leaves then he is entitled to sick leave - I believe three-day sick leave doesn't even require a doctor's certificate and..."
"That's easy in this country - I mean it's not as if Mian sahib would have asked Dr Asim Hussain for the certificate?"
"Or Dr Farooq Sattar! But anyway just so you know he is the country's prime minister and as per Pervez Rashid Mian sahib can allow us, the tax payers, to pay parking fees for his plane while he visits his son in London so what's a three day leave between the rulers and the ruled."
You know the distinction between private and public foreign visits are blurred in this part of the world..."
"Right, but Pervez Rashid is right - that's the least we can do for our elected prime minister."
"Mian sahib has another category of leave and that is religious leave, every year he spends the last week of Ramadan in Saudi Arabia praying for the country and..."
"Never heard of such a long leave..."
"Well, then you are just blind - I mean the Eid-e-Milaad holidays totalled four but our seasoned public sector employees, young and old, highest to lowest levels, took Monday to Wednesday off and the capital was deserted for more than a week."
"OKaaay...but speaking of the wedding, were you invited?"
"No, not me, not Imran Khan, not Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, not the Qaim..."
"But you did see Modi, now that means the 3 day leave was not leave but work related."
"By the way I didn't see Maryam Nawaz's team namely Pervez Rashid and Musaddaq Malik and that privatisation guy Zubayr and..."
"Our politicians don't invite those who take your orders..."
"That's true."