"He has certainly proved himself a go-getter, beyond a shadow of doubt."
"I told you, he is not only well meaning but committed to good causes, good from the country's perspective and it would just take time given the scale of reforms and..."
"Who do you think I mean?"
"The Khan of course, the only go-getter in his cabinet; and need I add I have great admiration for his half way houses in major cities where the street people can come and spend the night and I would like his coalition partner Chaudhry Pervez Elahi to suggest that he reopens the child protection department for beggar children, if you recall during Elahi's tenure as the Chief minister beggar children were picked up if anyone sent a message to a specific number and the child was given the option to return to whoever came to pick him up or if not then he was trained at some craft and..."
"Ah then there is El Buzdaro, he is allowing 657 prisoners to spend Eid with families."
"That's silly, I mean really silly, either commute their sentence, pay their bail if it's a small amount or...hey is Mian Nawaz Sharif one of the 657?"
"Are you trying to get El Buzdaro to lose his job?"
"I hear he is losing it in any case after Eid so he might as well get his foot in with the opposition."
"Don't be facetious anyway I wasn't referring to The Khan but Fawad Chaudhry. I mean despite being blacked out by the Information Ministry he still manages to get on the news."
"It's not Firdous Ashiq Awan's fault, she learnt a very valuable lesson the very hard way when she had that portfolio last..."
"Agreed and as a woman she needs to work that much harder to retain her position but anyway in spite of this Fawad Chaudhry has managed to get news coverage and given that the portfolio he now holds was considered 'be quiet and enjoy the flagged car' he has transformed his ministry and...and...wait let me finish, if he is successful he would save substantial tax payers money in all perpetuity."
"How come?"
"If he succeeds the Ruet-i-Hilal Committee would become redundant and we won't have to pay their wages and expenses ever. All other austerity measures that The Khan government has taken will be reversed in the blink of an eye when he goes..."
"It won't be that easy to make the committee redundant, there will be strikes and..."
"The members of this committee may be grand-fathered, you know get all the perks and all but as they go to meet their Maker there would be no replacements."
"That's doable, but I am worried."
"About what?"
"I am all set to fast for 29 days this year but what if the Ruet-i-Hilal Committee, just to be contrary, says otherwise."
"They won't be able to if the moon is in plain sight..."
"And if it isn't?"
"Let God's will prevail."