"Do you know what an SRO is?"
"Sindh Related Order."
"Excuse me?"
"There are many SROs as you know to keep Zardari sahib and his band of merry men and women in line."
"I don't get you."
"There is the don't let Dr Asim Hussain and the latest Zardi guest of the law enforcement agencies Asad Kharal out of jail, then there is the don't let Ayyan Ali out of the country SRO, then there is the Karachi operation itself that has begun to take on powerful Zardis prompting many of them to leave the country and that's why my friend you need dual nationality to be in politics in this country,....then there is load shedding in Sindh and few federal public sector development programmes in Sindh in marked contrast to Punjab...then there is the matter of the Steel Mills and..."
"You are being facetious."
"No seriously an SRO is Centre's weapon to keep Zardari sahib in line."
"But the SROs you mentioned are neither PML-N generated nor PML-N controlled, if you know what I mean. Anyway when I referred to an SRO I meant statutory regulatory order and the International Monetary Fund team, in its infinite wisdom, insisted that the government take away from the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) power to issue an SRO granting tax exemptions and all to specific interest groups and..."
"You being sarcastic?"
"Well, the Fund took the power from the FBR but gave it to the Finance Minister. Now I ask you since when did the FBR issue a SRO, without the express say so of the incumbent finance minister?"
"It's like eating an egg, which we all love, that is infected with salmonella."
"Oh wow, what a comparison."
"Hey, you catch me when I am eating breakfast that's what you will get."