"Hey, I am a mathematician - and two negatives make a positive."
"I am stumped."
"Maybe this argument can be used in the supreme court and..."
"The lawyers hired by the Prime Minister and his three children are nationally well regarded, and need I remind you that the First Family changed lawyers three times and all three times those chosen represented a pretty good cross section of high priced lawyers and..."
"No, lawyers were hired from the opposition benches right. I mean Aitzaz Ahsan and...and I can't think of any good lawyer from the PTI side though..."
"Aitzaz lost Gilani's case so..."
"What did you expect for a one rupee fee."
"Don't be facetious, anyway if the case is weak then what can a lawyer do?"
"That has to be a statement made by a lawyer. I have seen lots of movies and televisions shows where a good lawyer gets his client off even though there is overwhelming evidence of having committed the crime and..."
"And in some instances the jury, which we don't have by the way which may explain why the media feels it appropriate to fill that void, anyway some instances where overwhelming evidence is dismissed for some reason or the other - an example is of O J Simpson who was exonerated on the charge of killing his wife and lover..."
"OK, but you sidetracked me, my point in saying two wrongs do not make a right was a reference to the head of the Joint Investigation Team hiring his cousin in London to..."
"I know our Prime Minister railed against this decision but take it in perspective. JIT head contracted his cousin, Mian sahib contracted his samdhi whose economic policies have destroyed our exports, the JIT was allocated Rs 2 crore to investigate while our Prime Minister spends more than that on parking fees for the plane in London while on a private visit and..."
"Look at the glass as half full... Mian sahib was remitted Rs 85 crore by his children and how much does that contribute to our remittance inflows that, need I add, supports the current account deficit by plugging the decline in exports and..."
"Don't be facetious."
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