"I think The Maulana made an error of judgement..."

"I agree, I mean apart from messing up with the traffic of Islamabad, and the blame for that rests with Container Shah more than with many maulanas..."

"I reckon The Khan will not win the next elections from Islamabad."

"Ah, so in that case, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi may win the Islamabad seat and he should be grateful to The Maulana indirectly and Container Shah directly."

"There is no being grateful in politics; anyway when I said The Maulana has made an error of judgement I meant his decision to bring his supporters to Islamabad..."

"But he has made himself relevant again, you know he is getting quite a bit of airtime and..."

"That's not what I was referring to. See if you transport someone from the area where he has lived most of his life to somewhere else then there is likely to be some invidious seeping of unsavoury influences, trends..."

"He and her!"

"What?"

"Make it gender neutral - he and her."

"That is precisely what I wanted to point out - there were no hers in The Maulana's 'Azadi march' and he was forced to explain during his speech that he left the women behind and that they are present in spirit though not in..."

"Ha ha, and you know his maulanas have been sight-seeing in Islamabad..."

"There you go! The Khan's objective to raise the number of domestic tourists is being realized by the most unlikely..."

"Don't be facetious; anyway I saw many maulanas requesting a lift and I even saw some at the Islamabad zoo requesting the management to give them cheaper tickets which I reckon they should have because then they may have brought their wives and children next time they visit and..."

"Now who is being facetious!"

"My point is the more the Maulana stays in Islamabad the more the exposure of his people to...to..."

"I get it, and yes you may have a point."

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