"On Wednesday, The Khan interacted with the media and presented his narrative as the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth."

"He wasn't in court!"

"What's that you mumbled?"

"He wasn't in court I said, isn't that the place where you pledge to speak the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth."

"The Khan is no Zardari, remember Zardari sahib said that a written agreement is not hadith."

"How dare you take the name of these two men in the same breath!"

"I meant no disrespect, but The Khan has repeatedly stated that a u-turn is necessary for a great leader...and in August 2019 in Swabi The Khan acknowledged he became the prime minister by taking a u turn and the mass exodus of electables from other parties to his bears ample testimony to the truth of his statement."

"A strategic U-turn is not an attempt to renege on a pledge."

"Who is to determine how strategic the u turn is?"

"Depends on who is in power. The Khan's u turns are an integral component of the learning curve - don't forget he never ever had exposure to governing before."

"What about the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in 2013 to 18 and now?"

"A learning curve goes up and down, not always up. But during his recent media interaction The Khan showed ignorance about the media blackout of some leaders of the opposition..."

"I believe him."

"Remember Asad Umar said last year that The Khan was informed by Dar's appointee, the then Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, about the rupee depreciation while The Khan publicly stated that he had not been informed."

"Hey the guy has so much on his plate, he could have forgotten, or simple not understood the import of what he was told. And his economic team today is also misguiding him and..."

"I reckon Hafeez Sheikh will be The Khan's Ishaq Dar."

"How come?"

"Dar laundered money for the Sharifs, then he proceeded to write a 40 plus page affidavit giving details of how he laundered the money and what contributed to the defeat of the Sharifs in the elections was Dar's flawed economic policies..."

"The Khan has no black money to launder!"

"Don't be facetious, you know what I mean."

"Why can't you say Hafeez Sheikh will do a Hafeez Sheikh and I refer you to 2010-13 when he was finance minister..."

"Ha ha, that's true."

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