Partly Facetious: Mian sahib is a lion

19 Oct, 2016

"Nawaz Sharif is truly a lion."
"In what connection my much beloved nawala?"
"I resent that, your calling me a nawala - if you are implying that given I am so low on the totem pole I have access to only one nawala..."
"Ha ha ha... even if you are at the bottom of the bottom in the totem pole you must still be comfortably well off."
"Don't be facetious; I can take you to court for defamation."
"Hmm, I don't believe you, I reckon you will send me a notice but that's about it...our judicial system, especially in the lower courts, leaves a lot to be desired - I know of several lawyers who attack the police, members of the lower judiciary and then get the support of their community...and I for one support the Chief Justice of Lahore's intent to have cameras in all courts..."
"I bet you the first casualty would be the camera!"
"Don't be facetious, anyway the bar association should surely be the one taking on a lawyer who..."
"I wanted to go to a bar association against a lawyer with a bad reputation even among lawyers but was told that the fees is around Rs 10,000 which makes it beyond the reach of many and was then told that any action against the offending lawyer is unlikely..."
"Farogh Naseem says the fault lies with the lower court judges and..."
"Ah, so he is still around, I had not heard from him since 22nd August speech of his founder or is it leader or is it..."
"Oh dear, but anyway when I said Mian sahib is a lion I was referring to his tendency to always take on more than one enemy at any one time..."
"Modi and the Indian belligerence..."
"Nope, not one of the enemies at this stage - he has Imran Khan's threat to do something about the Panama leaks more than 6 months after the leak or else face the closure of Islamabad and then he reportedly tweaked the establishment at the same time..."
"Khan is bad for development and needs to be arrested and the other case, denied by Mian sahib."
"But..."
"No buts my friend, besides your analogy is wrong as well - a lion in Urdu is not Sher but bubbarsher, a sher is a tiger and tiger is a nocturnal animal and hunts alone..."
"Mian sahib has the entire party behind him and..."
"But he is the undisputed king of the castle and the only decision maker and the only..."
"I stand corrected of by the way did Emerging Markets get back to you with respect to the criteria that led to Dar being awarded the best finance minister in South Asia?"
"I heard many of our autonomous institutions gave adverts for that issue and..."
"I didn't ask that."
"No, no answer yet. Maybe Dar is doing a Mian sahib: enough time lapses and people will move onto other topics."

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