"Well the doomsday passed without doom if you know what I mean."
"Not for Khosa, former Governor Punjab."
"That guy failed repeatedly despite the honours heaped on him. I believe the governorship was the third official honour that the President heaped on him and he failed to deliver for the third time."
"Khosa says the fault was Raza Rabbani's for taking away all the powers of the Governor."
"Didn't anyone tell Khosa that it wasn't just Rabbani but an entire parliamentary committee that supported the eighteenth amendment and didn't any one tell him that the entire parliament then approved the amendment?"
"Don't be persnickety, so Khosa is out."
"Punjab is a headache for the PPP and no one has delivered Punjab to the President yet, not Raja Riaz, not Khosa; what about Wattoo?"
"Wattoo delivered Punjab in the past to his then masters only with the help of the establishment, I don't know if he can deliver it on his own."
"Ah yes, tough that! But when I referred to our world turning topsy turvy I was referring to the unfortunate fact that a federal minister cannot even promote someone to a grade 20 post in his own ministry."
"That wouldn't be Rehman Malik?"
"Absolutely the man known for his faux pas galore, appointed 2 deputy chairmen of NADRA without the establishment's approval?"
"You reckon this was a slap on the face by an angered President Zardari?"
"I am not sure but Rehman Malik is not in favour and he has no political leg to stand on, I mean it's not as if he has a constituency."
"Malik doesn't even have a constituency within PPP without the President."
"Yes indeed but Raja Parvez Ashraf's appointment of his son in law to the World Bank..."
"Hey he is the Prime Minister and the establishment division is under his control."
"I stand corrected: its not a matter of merit but power."