"Indeed, and Mian sahib took all four chief ministers and..."
"Good decision, but could I bring to Mian sahib's notice that his chosen media team whose salary is paid from our tax rupees kinda blocked out one of the four chief ministers from coverage - he was not too visible in the television coverage and his name was omitted rather conspicuously from the government news agency's report."
"You know The Khan needs to be brought down a peg, he leaves no jalsa without bad mouthing the Prime Minister who has reportedly informed the Joint Investigation Team that he owns no property anywhere outside the country..."
"Oh shush! I am getting tired of all the rhetoric of all you Khanzadehs. Have you not heard the proverb: the best defense is a good offense and what better offense against a political party than to block its coverage from the state-run media!"
"True, but I had heard the best defence is denial."
"Oh shush, anyway, so why take Khattak to China?"
"I have it on good authority that Mian sahib disallowed Khattak from charging his food and milk to his room, but unfortunately, this backfired because the ascetic Khattak took some snuff with him and from what I hear snuff kills appetite which helps him maintain his figure..."
"Don't be facetious."
"Hold on, I am not finished, and I have also heard that some members of the motu (fat) gang are considering replacing high caloric pre-meal condiments shall we say with snuff as a weight loss..."
"Not likely at all. Once you get to like one condiment as it were its difficult to change, anyway when I said the Silk Road summit is a success I would like to point out that the success is President Xi's - our portion of the Silk Road is less than one tenth of that and..."
"All I meant when I said it was a success from our point of view was to thank Modi sahib's childish behaviour which prompted him to boycott the summit and lo and behold finally Kashmir got a mention at an international forum and..."
"Ha ha ha. But you know exhibiting stubbornness, launching childish attacks is not unique to Modi. I mean on scale of one to ten..."
"Modi is a 10, and let's move on."
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