"The government filed a petition staying the expected judgment on the Musharraf treason case on the 28 of this month..."

"Hmmmm."

"No comment?"

"Nope."

"That's not like you, to be so quiet."

"BBZ expressed some concerns over this petition..."

"Excuse me, but if you recall Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's dad boasted that he ousted the former Commander-in-Chief of the Army from the office of the president and..."

"Right."

"Still no comment."

"To err is human to forgive divine."

"If that were the case then the courts would become as non-functional as the Election Commission of Pakistan would with its chief retiring next month..."

"Oh shush, why can't you ever look at the glass as half full?"

"OK, the glass is half full when one considers that a supplementary reference has been filed against Zardari sahib and his sister."

"Give Naya Pakistan (NP) some more time, the last three, or was it four changes in key positions in bureaucracy did not work as expected and so another change is imminent. Is that what you meant by the glass as half full because the federal, Punjab and KPK ministers are all showing exemplary performances ..."

"Are you being facetious?"

"Good heavens, no."

"So which narrative is The Khan administration following these days: Hands off bureaucrats by the National Accountability Bureau; or the bureaucrats are partisan or incompetent and need to be changed..."

"Both you silly, that's the thing about NP - a well rounded narrative."

"The round is as round as a circle."

"A circle is the longest distance to some point."

"In The Khan's Pakistan, a circle is a reflection of eternity - no beginning and no end."

"I give up."

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