"What is nepotism?"
"What a stupid question."
I mean, even if you decide to hire your close relative or friend you are not answerable to the people of this country because you run a private company, but wait if Asad Umer as the presumptive finance minister hires someone from his Engro days in some government position whose salary is paid for by the taxpayers then that is nepotism."
"Would you leave that guy alone! I mean he hasn't even taken charge yet and you are taking him on."
"Be truthful, weren't you referring to him?"
"No, I was certainly not. I was referring to LMS..."
"Large-scale manufacturing sector?"
"No, Loser Maulana Sahib..."
"Oh dear, that was a hard loss to take, I mean this is the first time in his known political history that he lost an election and you should not poke fun at him..."
"Why? All the hot air that was evident in his pre-losing days has been taken out?"
"No, the hot air is still there, but he is suffering from a deep grief which is palpable and I wouldn't wish that on anyone."
"OK, but let's go back to my nepotism question. The reason why I asked this question is because LMS proposed his son's name, with zero experience, as deputy speaker of the national assembly; remember the three big opposition parties decided to vote for Shahbaz Sharif as leader of the house, Khursheed Shah as Speaker and the MMA would decide who contests the deputy speaker slot."
"Oh dear, and what did Sirajul Haq have to say to that!"
"That guy is a disaster happening again and again to the Jamaat-e-Islami. Anyway I did hear that some members of the MMA expressed some concerns at the nomination of the son of LMS but I guess they backed off considering that it is 100 percent certain that he won't win."
"Hmm, and that's democracy for you a la Maulana style."