"The Khan says that rigging in elections is a worse crime than corruption in cricket."
"The man who shall remain shameless..."
"Excuse me."
"You know there is something the matter with this key board. It simply refuses to write some words for example I have to type at least three times before it types Pervez instead of Parveen Rashid who last I heard had glasses on and for once sounded fiery..."
"Panama can do that to nawalas...but anyway the words that your key board does not write at first go are increasing in number... you reckon it's in the computer's hardware...the spelling!"
"Nah, probably I just need to change the key board."
"You better do it soon otherwise you know Ishaq Dar may approve higher tax on these key boards as well and..."
"Dar is sending notices to all and sundry and you my friend do not have any lawyer friend or party member who would represent you pro bono so I would just shut up."
"What did I say!?"
"You do not, I repeat, do not use the word approve with Dar sahib. I know of one Finance Ministry official who was demoted for this."
"I haven't heard of any demotions."
"I was being facetious, but anyway the man who shall remain nameless refuses to vacate the position he occupies and..."
"But Pakistan Super League is not a bad thing, a lot of viewer interest and..."
"Two things my friend first it is elitist, you have to have enough money to get to Dubai to see it live so no poor man is watching the games live..."
"There are many Pakistani taxi drivers in Dubai..."
"I wasn't aware that expatriates are considered poor by our standards... second if the foreign players are getting paid by Pakistani owners then why don't we have the matches in the country?"
"Some of the Pakistani owners are non-residents."
"Ah yes, there is that, but look at the good work done by the man who shall remain nameless - he got players who were unable to take on world teams - I mean not in batting, not in bowling and not in fielding - sprinkled them liberally with foreign players who don't want to come to Pakistan, and got a more balanced game in action."
"That my friend is the zero sum game."
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