"Whatever do you mean?"
"There is no premium on fidelity if you will."
"So, only infidelity is in vogue?"
"I am not being facetious. I actually believe that gone are the days when loyalty was valued."
"What are you referring to?"
"The MQM stalwarts trooped down to the Supreme Court when Gilani was served the contempt of court notice and I have it on good authority that the PPP is not going to reciprocate."
"Hey, the MQM federal ministers who were serving in Gilani's cabinet went to the court, this case is different."
"The fact remains that Altaf bhai got his people to express solidarity with Gilani and Gilani wasn't even their party leader if you know what I mean."
"Oh dear, but do you think the MQM can storm the Supreme Court on the date of Altaf bhai's summons?"
"I believe so, but I would urge the MQM to begin gathering their people now given the rather appalling performance of the PIA and the Pakistan Railways."
"Don't be facetious and then there is another disloyal PPP appointee Fasih Bukhari. This chap says that currently Pakistan is in the throes of Rs 7 to 12 billion of corruption per day and the Prime Minister says not possible as that would mean a Gross Domestic Product in excess of the country's total income."
"And we know that the Prime Minister does not have the capacity to come up with this wisdom so I guess Dr Hafeez Sheikh came up with it."
"Don't think so, because Dr Sheikh would know that the cumulative corruption cannot be the daily corruption times 365 days - it's the circulation of the money supply in the economy that is the determinant."
"But if circulation of each rupee is that high then we would have runaway inflation."
"And we don't have runaway inflation?"
"Ah yes, is Dr Sheikh working for the opposition."
"No, but I reckon he is a better foe than a friend."