"You heard the song kala chasma (dark glasses)?"
"Of course, it's become awfully famous - two Indian stars - Katrina Kaif and..."
"Yes, yes we can all imagine the gyrations and dance moves that have increased the number of her fans manifold - both on this side and the other side of the border and..."
"Oh, I get where you are going with this."
"I'll bite. Where?"
"You are going to refer to the Zardis, who spend a lot of money on dark glasses but you have to acknowledge that it is money well spent - it's not only the Zardi city slickers who spend wisely on dark glasses like Sherry Rehman, but also the shall we say rural Zardis who have picked up the art of selection like Raja Rental and......"
"Wisely? I was waiting for the traffic light and a small boy sold me a pair for 50 rupees only and really spending that amount doesn't require any wisdom."
"A wise fashion choice is when whatever you purchase looks good on you however cheap it maybe. And for your information the Zardis I know do not wear 50 rupee dark glasses - a branded dark glass can cost from 200 to 1500 dollars..."
"Oh dear, but in a country where poverty..."
"Can it! Anyway I wanted to say that a wise fashion choice is necessary for a celebrity. Now take dark glasses - they can make you look like a million dollars on one end of the gauge or they can make you look like a smuggler on the other."
"Smuggler?"
"Smugglers do not want the customs officials to have a look at their eyes because they may give them away."
"Not Pakistani smugglers - I hear they have a nexus with relevant staff and..."
"Ayyan Ali with all her high end lawyers was smuggling money out of the country and she got caught."
"True, but you know how many caught red-handed exiting a country with half a million dollars is roaming freely and may yet get to proceed abroad... and you can include the US, the UK, Europe, the..."
"I don't know about that but I was recently reminded of the song kala chashma when I saw Dar sahib wearing it and sadly I would have to say that in my estimation he looked closer to the gauge marked smuggler rather than marked million dollars."
"Where was he wearing glasses? When he inspected toilets in the PIA supreme service that is unfortunately delayed less than a month after its birthing..."
"Don't be facetious - he wore the kala chashma when he was in Karachi with the Prime Minister..."
"Ah yes indeed, the home of the recently recalcitrant PPP and the MQM..."
"Ha ha ha."