“So who was not speaking with a forked tongue?”

“IF you are referring to the unseating of the Azad Jammu Kashmir government then let me assure you that Zardari sahib does not speak with a forked tongue, additionally his days of referring to iron channas (chick peas) are also long gone.”

“Why refer to chick peas? I mean, aren’t bullets made of iron and…”

“It’s an Urdu proverb and shows that we, as Urdu speakers, started off with downplaying the use of bullets and replacing them with chick peas…”

“Don’t be facetious anyway, forked tongue is defined as saying one thing and meaning the........

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