"The world has moved on, and now the poor expect justice even in banana republics."
"If you are referring to Pakistan then let me inform you that we are not a banana republic."
"Isn't Banana Man a citizen of this country, a man who gave up his UK passport..."
"Are you referring to Rehman Malik?"
"Yes and you need to recall that Zulfikar Mirza referred to him as the Banana Man... relax, relax, I stand corrected, Mirza said of Rehman Malik that if he is eating an apple while on the phone and the person on the other end asks what he is eating then he would say banana and I say that qualifies him as The Banana Man..."
"Have you heard Mirza recently?"
"How recent are you talking about? OK, I give up, he has been silent but he is not the only one and need I add silent today doesn't mean silent tomorrow. Look at Parveen Rashid..."
"You will get another legal notice from these guys...you must sort out your key board, its Parvez not Parveen."
"Sorry, the mistake was inadvertent; anyway, he has challenged his being set aside on the grounds that the job of an Information Minister is not to stop stories..."
"It is to feed false stories, I mean there is a reason these ministers are referred to as the Ministers for Disinformation?"
"Anyway, going back to what you said about going quiet I was saddened to see that MTS has not responded to the two Pulitzer Prize winning German journalists when they asked for her written permission to Mossack Fonseca to release all papers pertaining to the two offshore companies of which she is a beneficial owner. I mean..."
"Hey, get your keyboard sorted out - it's not MTS but MNS."
"She should opt for initials MTS instead of MNS because MTS would mean Maryam Tweet Sharif or indeed Maryam Tweet Safdar, and that would create some ambiguity whether the S is for Sharif or Safdar."
"Ha, ha, there is nothing to inherit from the Captain and a lot to inherit from daddy."
"Hey back off, the good Captain Hook, his will is not always carried out but he can gain admittance to the inner chambers of the First Family and that is limited to one more than I can think of notably Dar."
"What about Brother Sharif Junior?"
"What about him!"
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