"I have heard that Mian sahib is extremely angry at you for daring to refer to the Sharif-Dars as the Inheritors."
"Oh shush, time waits for no one. Many jiyalas as opposed to Zardis have told me that had Z A Bhutto been alive he may have been extremely angry at the Bhutto Zardaris being his heirs."
"Really! Even though it is the Zardaris who are the true Inheritors at present and it is the next generation that would be led by the Bhutto-Zardaris."
"Ah you see the glass as half full and not half empty."
"Don't be facetious. You know and I know that blood is thicker than water so in the event that a Sharif Dar has Sharif blood and is not simply related by marriage Mian sahib would be OK with it."
"I don't think so which is why the First Born Daughter re-changed her last name from Safdar to Sharif?"
"OK but going back to Mian sahib's defense let me state that law is not about justice and that many a case is won on technical grounds not on substance, how many television dramas have you seen where evidence that is true but incorrectly accessed is thrown out by the court..."
"But in a court of the people and let's not forget Nawaz Sharif wants to remain in politics it is relevant and..."
"I don't agree... at this stage of the case I reckon he needs to focus on a legal defense and not on the people's court. Besides Dar sahib has plugged all money laundering loopholes through the passage of laws and..."
"These days we see the Chinese all over the place so let me quote Lao Tzu to you who said, the greater the number of laws and enactments, the more thieves and robbers there will be'.
"Hmmm, and one of my favourite author's Honore Balzac said laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught."
"Who cares, I advise you to wait for the final judgment."
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