"Off with the heads."
"Excuse me! I understand we have capital punishment in this country but..."
"Don't be silly, I am not referring to capital punishment. I am referring to the minus three formula by the establishment, or that is the latest rumour."
"Minus three as in the head of MQM London, PML-N's current patriarch and Zardari sahib?"
"Yep and minus one has more or less been implemented and there are three splinter groups - MQM London, MQM Pakistan, PSP and hey maybe three is the lucky number in our politics."
"Hmmm, maybe you are right - Zardari sahib has three heirs, Mian sahib has four children but only three are trustees..."
"Don't be facetious. But you know that may well be the difference between the status quo parties and the non-status quo as well as regional parties: the magical number three..."
"So if the two catch up with the status quo leaders then what?"
"Then there is going to be a fight at the polls between Mian sahib's generation - and I assume the Khan, the Maulana, Asfandyar Wali, Farooq Sattar all belong to his generation - and perhaps the third PPP-Zardari generation and the second Sharif generation..."
"Maryam's tweet must have angered Uncle Jee in Punjab - the man who will deliver Punjab to Mian sahib."
"The tweet that she is Mian sahib's right hand and that expertise can be learnt but zeal and commitment cannot!"
"Right, to me that is the launch of her career as the party leader in the event of any untoward verdict in the Panama papers and daddy must have approved the tweet."
"Isn't she a central figure in the Panama case?"
"Yes, but as a non office holder, OK... OK a non-defined office holder she is not liable to be held to task for being extremely wealthy."
"No, but she lied on television didn't she! She said she or any member of her family does not own any property anywhere in the world and this was in 2010 - four years after the Mayfair flats were bought according to her brother and he also stated that she was a trustee...I am thinking sadiq (truthful) and ameen (honest) clause in the constitution..."
"The Speaker is a Sadiq, isn't he!"
"But she is a Sharif, and a Sharif trumps all."
"I grant you that."