"So the prodigal hath returned."
"I take strong exception to that! You say sorry."
"What are you training to become? A nawala or a zardi?"
"I don't get you."
"A nawala is Nawaz Sharif's loyalist and a zardi is Zardari sahib's supporter and the two never take the accusers of their leadership to court, they ask for an apology."
"I did understand that, what I don't understand is why you take exception to my statement that the prodigal hath returned - Mian sahib has landed in Pakistan."
"First of all, the prodigal hath returned refers to a Biblical story and you know we are all Muslims here."
"One can draw parallels, the story is of two sons with the younger seeking his inheritance while his father is alive, and once he acquires it he proceeds to be wastefully extravagant, the meaning of the word prodigal, and soon is destitute; he then returns home seeking forgiveness and the father celebrates his return saying that his younger son was lost (morally) and has been found again..."
"If only he had set up a steel mill or done up apartments and resold them at a huge profit."
"Don't be facetious. Besides Mian sahib has learnt from past history, as you know Mian sahib is no longer seeking a confrontation with the establishment, he ceded Karachi and Punjab operation and need I add foreign affairs with respect to the US, Afghanistan and India and..."
"Right, but what about pushing the opposition to the corner and generating a situation which he cannot control and requires support from the establishment and the Zardari party..."
"Does he have that support?"
"Nope, I heard Zardari sahib did not meet the Prime Minister, besides Zardari sahib reckons Mian sahib has stabbed him in the back - see this is Mian sahib's character flaw: seek help when needed and when not needed to ignore the helper's calls..."
"Ah yes."
"And then there is General Raheel Sharif's statement that there would be no stability until corruption is rooted out, his first reference, albeit oblique, to the government's sustained mishandling of the Panama leaks."
"Mian sahib is going to probe the Khan's funds collected for the hospital."
"Could someone tell Mian sahib that the Khan may have made bad investment decisions but the funds were not used for personal expenses but for charity?"
"No one, not even an acquired by marriage relative has that much backbone my friend."