"If the prime minister of a country is facing trial then should the government machinery, paid for by the taxpayers', be used to defend him?"

"Of course."

"Hey, Mian sahib ain't gonna change nobody from any appointment that he conferred on that individual - he has his federal ministers, who have not been changed until and unless the army expresses some reservations, he has not changed the man who shall remain nameless even though the cricket team is going downhill fast, then there is the Pemra chair and I don't think he wants another journalist in power... and so your sycophancy will gain you nothing."

"Not true."

"What is not true about my statement?"

"First, Parvez Rashid is out, granted that it was to appease an institution that has exhibited a tendency to take extreme action several times in the past ...wait, let me finish, second the cricket is not going downhill anymore it has reached rock bottom and finally to the best of my knowledge the army expressed some concerns about the goat but the goat is still there."

"There is no goat in the Cabinet!!! And there is a need for the Cabinet to collectively take you to court for defamation..."

"A goat goes man, main, main...me, me, me and that's the way Khawaja Asif starts any conversation... but need I add a goat is a revered animal in Islam... don't we sacrifice a goat for..."

"Yeah, but being Pakistanis we sacrifice all animals with four legs..."

"Oye...stop it...you like to live dangerously I think because that remark may anger our obscurantists and..."

"OK, all animals above two and half feet tall..."

"What about an elephant, a giraffe, a lion, a tiger, a..."

"If we had these animals in our country we may have begun to sacrifice them too."

"I resent that remark, is that a backhanded dig at the PML-N which has the tiger as its election sign."

"Sensitivity thy name is PML-N."

"And with good reason - you are all jealous of Mian sahib, he is busy inaugurating projects and holding security meetings with the chief of army staff in attendance and..."

"Why doesn't he spend some of the tax payers' money on protecting children like Tayyaba, why doesn't he spend some money for education of our children, why doesn't he spend money on environment protection, why doest..."

"Sound like main, main, main to me."

"I give up."

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