"I propose that lawyers who defend politicians accused of some hanky-panky..."

"Hanky-panky?"

"The origin is English as opposed to American English and means dishonesty or suspicious activity and..."

"I take strong exception to that word. I mean why is it politician-specific? What about the generals and the gournalists?"

"Let me inform you, as the country did with a great politician who like the rest of us frequently engaged in Minglish a journalist is with a J not a G."

"I am into phonetics and journalist in my book starts with a G as do Generals."

"I give up, anyway the point I wanted to make is that we, the public, elect politicians who then proceed to bring back the retired at the taxpayers' expense (Fatemi and Farooqui come to mind as far as the present and former governments are concerned) and those with dual nationalities to head our institutions (hello Governor of the State Bank whose stake maybe limited to his term of office) and..."

"Hey, the Brits hired a Canadian to head their central bank."

"Yep but they didn't limit themselves to a Brit resident in Canada, they selected a competent foreigner..."

"Mian sahib hired a German to run PIA and that didn't work out either."

"I guess Mian sahib is not third-time lucky, anyway, all I wanted to say was that a lawyer who is also a politician should be hired to defend a politician accused of hanky-panky...oh please, you know what I mean by that, and the reason is that a lawyer would provide the best defense for his client from a legal standpoint that may not be politically feasible and..."

"Ah yes, and if he is being dogged by the Defenders of the First Family (DFF)..."

"I agree, and the DFFs have now to not only scream and rant at the Khan outside the court premises but also hold a press conference in the evening to justify the lawyer's defense and..."

"Yeah, and the Khan must stop making statements because with the DFF upgrade to federal ministers their ministries performance has plummeted..."

"Oye, performance has not plummeted. Performance remains stable."

"Don't be facetious."

-Business Recorder