"Why? I did not mean any disrespect or..."
"I know but they say that Faryal Talpur enjoys transient power, or as long as her brother is around, while Maryam Nawaz Sharif is a legitimate heir to the PML-N throne, nobody can take away her name..."
"Members of other parties refer to her as Maryam Safdar as do some of her own party members..."
"If she succeeds in inheriting the throne, she would almost certainly lose support of some of her uncles and if she does not win an election then she will lose support of some of her brothers and sisters but going back to the name being very important for our party leaders don't forget Maryam refers to the Prime Minister as Imran Niazi..."
"As does Zardari sahib, and don't forget he added Bhutto as all his children's middle name - names are very important for our politicians."
"They sure are, but I say anyone born a Sharif can legitimately retain the name or readopt it at any point in their life - true Maryam did give up the Sharif name and affixed Captain the very much retired Safdar's name as her last name but that was during the early years of her marriage..."
"I guess but anyway the PML-N throne is kind of thorny these days."
"Hey, a throne is a throne, just like a degree is a degree - fake or not; a throne entitles you to special treatment as we have seen recently and do not forget that all party leaders have seen their gold thrones turning into thorns and in some instances ashes at some point in their political careers but then again the reverse process has never been far behind, and let me disabuse you of any misunderstanding - the throne changes back from thorns to gold to diamonds to..."
"What if the throne is burnt down to nothing but ashes?"
"Have you heard of the phoenix - a bird that regenerates itself and rises from the ashes?"
"Who are you referring to as the Phoenix? Zardari sahib? Nawaz Sharif? Maryam Nawaz? I mean after all the revelations and in the case of the Sharif father and daughter conviction...."
"Excuse me, but not doing well in one elections, though let's be honest neither party lost its core base in 2018 elections in spite of Panama and lack of development in Sindh, does not mean it will not do well in the next."
"Apart from Sindh the people of the other provinces showed little support for the Zardaris in two consecutive elections and Nawaz Sahrif's party lost support in Punjab that enabled The Khan to form a coalition government and..."
"Sometimes my friend, it's not the popularity of the party but other support that changes the throne from ashes back to gold."
"There I would agree with you."
