Interesting title of this article in Dawn today analyzing the recent developments in Pakistani politics-the enemies of yesteryear in each other’s drawing rooms.
http://dawn.com/weekly/dmag/dmag1.htm
*“…how long the talks would continue. “As long as it takes a cup of tea to lose its steam,” he replied.
Probably what he meant was that the talks were nothing more than a photo session.”
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And Sharif saab’s interview.
Even he says “We will cross the bridge when we come to it.” :
http://dawn.com/weekly/dmag/dmag2.htm
And the newly appointed Federal Information Minister Mohammed Ali Durrani spoke openly and said boldly;
“The Benazir-Nawaz London Conference is a traditional attempt at playing their music through the media. They can’t take the people for a ride in the 21st century. Who doesn’t know both the PPP and the PML-N are part of the ARD for the last six years? It was all a “drawing room drama” in an effort to deceive the public. How can the meeting between two politicians become a ‘breaking news’ item when both have been in a formal alliance for the last six years. Following the meeting, both of them also issued the same stereotyped statements that they have been issuing for long. How is it significant?”
http://dawn.com/weekly/dmag/dmag3.htm