"Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi thundered over the weekend that horse-trading in Senate elections is a no, no and..."
"Thundered? Abbasi thundered?"
"Well, he can't roar for two reasons. One, our current prime minister has this lisp, not like the lisp of a kid less than 10-year-old, but definitely a kind of lisp which makes it difficult for him to roar. And secondly only Nawaz Sharif in that party can roar, Abbasi's disqualified party leader and the one Pakistanis vote for..."
"Granted that the party bears the name Nawaz and he is popular but my question is: why does everyone think that Nawaz Sharif is the man who gets the votes and no one else?"
"The surveys that are carried out show that - and before you begin to challenge the survey results which like the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) can be directed to give the desired result and..."
"And remember those with foreign affiliations, for example, Gallup are disassociating themselves from their local branches and I tell you this decadent Western..."
"Don't be facetious, you know and I know that in a country where data manipulation is no longer a fine art as it is rather easy to spot and I am referring to Dar's unrefined handling of the PBS ..."
"Leave him in peace and hope that he doesn't need to be hooked up to any medical equipment..."
"You are being facetious today, but tell me Mushahid Hussain's support by NM? Wasn't that horse-trading?"
"NM?"
"Nawaz/Maryam."
"The charge of horse trading doesn't apply to Mushahid, he is a horse trader and not the one traded if you know what I mean - from Nawaz Sharif to Musharraf to Nawaz/Maryam... hey do you reckon Mushahid will have any objections to referring to Maryam as Madam Leader and..."
"Not if he becomes a senator...And you know I like Chaudhry Nisar because he is not a sycophant. But if Shahbaz Sharif fails to take over the party after the elections he should leave that party...he doesn't fit in - no element of sycophancy, no ownership of something like Paragon, no Aqama (residency in another country) enabling him to receive a monthly salary..."
"But the option on offer is not that good! I mean Ali Tareen is a lot younger than Maryam right!"
"Ha ha ha."