"Before you say anything let me inform you that it's an official visit - it's not for fun and games."
"Can't imagine the five federal ministers he has in tow actually engaging in fun and games."
"Don't be personal!"
"No, seriously we have Ahsan Iqbal with his Long Term Visions, Hong Kong I hear is a city state that focuses on short term visions if you know what I mean, Dar is absolutely no fun and games I hear- the guy is too serious and you just have to say Dar sahib please reconsider your decision and he goes ballistic."
"Right, and then there is the Railway Minister and Anousha Rehman and really the two of them deserved the trip as they vigorously defend Mian sahib and family come hail or shine and you know the sun is shining illness and death on us these days what with load shedding..."
"Don't worry, Khwaja Asif wasn't a member of the delegation! He remained home trying to ensure that you and I are subjected only to scheduled load shedding..."
"Hey, 12 hours of scheduled load shedding is..."
"Shush, the objective is to stick to a schedule...and the fifth federal minister is Khurram Dastgir and you and I both know that exports are plummeting and that's all due to our Beloved Approver Dar sahib as without his express approval nothing, but nothing, gets done..."
"So why take Dastgir?"
"He likes food in general and is partial to Chinese food in particular."
"Don't be facetious, I propose that Khurram Dastgir joins the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and I propose that The Khan makes it mandatory that his kitchen cabinet jogs every morning with him and..."
"And you think Dastgir would be lured by the prospect of running every day? I mean which dream land do you live in!"
"Anyway going back to the three day official visit to Hong Kong I reckon Mian sahib is the first head of government who will have a three day official visit to Hong Kong. I mean you don't need more than two hours to traverse the inhabited part of the island - it's no more than 9 miles and..." "Hey, for members of our executive 9 miles is 9 miles too many..." "Don't be facetious."
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