"The Prime Minister must take action immediately because it would be a great loss to the country and..."

"Have you become a Bilawalite?"

"What do you mean?"

"While I do tend to agree that dropping the t, as in testing and focusing on the remaining two ts as in track and tracing has not worked in other countries but this is the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and we are a breed apart, we have a resilience to all manner of germs and bacteria and virus because we have had tremendous exposure to all manner of GBVs..."

"GBVs?"

"Germs, bacteria and virus; anyway this is what Bilawal talked about in his press conference namely don't bad mouth Sindh government for following the three t model which has proved successful in containing the virus in other countries and choosing not follow The Khan's two t model and he sought federal assistance for..."

"Shahbaz Gill said the federal government aint gonna give a penny to Sindh because it is so corrupt but itemized many items that have been sent to the province and..."

"All I can say about Gill is that his poisoned arrows find their target against those sitting on his side of the table rather than those on the opposite side if you know what I mean."

"No I don't actually."

"I meant his victims on the PTI side are more than those sitting on opposition benches."

"Firdous Ashiq Awan was really never a PTI..."

"Maybe not for the long haul but then who is! Anyway when I said the Prime Minister must take immediate action I meant he must send a plane to get Meera back."

"Where is she?"

"In the US and is now stuck there."

"Since when did she become a national asset?"

"Our ambassador to the US was summoned by the State Department and was directed to send a plane for her immediately or else all aid will cease - apparently she is talking in English and they reckon the assault on their language is having a detrimental effect on the morale of their people already suffering from the pandemic..."

"Don't be facetious - she is the only one providing some comic relief to us Pakistanis during these trying times..."

"There I agree with you."