"Right, I read the clarification but all I said was that the Press Information Department (PID) did not send a report on Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif's post Joint Investigation Team interview to the media as it does on all matters relating to the Prime Minister and that wasn't concocted was it?"
"No, but you have to give PID some license, anyway PID maintained in the clarification that it is dedicated to the publicity of the Prime Minister, the federal cabinet and ministries/divisions/ departments of the federal government while DGPR is responsible for the publicity of the Chief Minister and ..."
"Hang on, hang on so which of the above category do Danyal Aziz and Talal Chaudhry belong to? They are neither cabinet members nor part of any ministry /division/department but..."
"They have fallen through the cracks..."
"The cracks must be particularly large and in a sound proof setting..."
"Oh shush, you know they are engaged in the defence of the Prime Minister and his family and need I add, are reportedly part of the media cell run by the First Daughter, who may not be a member of the cabinet or of the federal government technically but nonetheless..."
"Hey what you did was wrong and against the internationally recognized ethical norms of journalism as per the clarification..."
"Ha, ha, and this from a department that claims to be dedicated to the publicity of the Prime Minister, the cabinet and the federal government at the tax payers' expense!"
"OK, let's move on, so why did DGPR not publicize what the Punjab Chief Minister said subsequent to his interview with the Joint Investigation Team?"
"I reckon the poor fellows there did not know that there would be silence from the PID but just to put the record straight I do recall on 29 August 2016 a report on Shahbaz Sharif's visit to Turkey released by PID...."
"As I said before it must have fallen through a crack - anyway Marriyum Aurangzeb was in attendance when the Chief Minister was in the JIT meeting and..."
"I would advise the First Uncle to revisit some..."
"You are so very, very bad. Why First Uncle and not First Brother? I mean the latter relationship came well before he became an uncle and...."
"I stand corrected in the interest of meeting internationally recognized ethical norms of journalism..."
"Don't be facetious."
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