Next time you're faced with casual sexism, be a Miftah Ismail.

We're firm believers in calling politicians out when they do something wrong. But we also like highlighting when they do something right, and PML-N leader Miftah Ismail just did something very right.

Ismail, who is a former finance minister, appeared on Geo TV show Jashan e Cricket on February 25, which is hosted by Shahzad Iqbal.Presumably, the show is about cricket and the PSL but Ismail was asked about politics too. He was also asked to choose who's better dressed, Marriyum Aurangzeb or Hina Pervez Butt.

Aurangzeb is the PML-N spokesperson while Butt is a sitting Punjab MPA.

To give some context to their conversation, Iqbal had been asking Ismail to choose between two people for random questions. Who's the better cricketer, Imran Khan or Nawaz Sharif (Imran Khan and he's more handsome too, answered Ismail), who would you choose if you had to kick someone off a plane, Maryam Nawaz or Shehbaz Sharif ("Shehbaz since he's in jail and won't hear this"). But when it came to Aurangzeb and Butt, the host asked who is better dressed.

'Look, it's hard enough to be a woman in politics in Pakistan. Why don't you ask me who's better dressed: Ahsan Iqbal or Shahid Khaqan Abbasi," replied Ismail. And we're not sure if it's because the bar is so terribly low, but his reply left us stunned. A Pakistani male politician standing up against casual sexism and switching the topic to men instead? Cue the shocked applause.

The previous questions were about capabilities (Imran Khan versus Nawaz Sharif) or random uncontrollable situations (Maryam Nawaz versus Shehbaz Sharif) but for some reason, when it came to Aurangzeb and Butt, the question was about their clothes. I suppose we should be grateful he wasn't asked who's prettier.

But Ismail sidestepped the...