Best Of Both Worlds.

The gauntlet has been thrown, the ultimatum set; Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf's biggest test of the term is before it. Yet at such a crucial juncture, where parties and politicians have been forced to choose between black and white, the two main opposition parties are still twisting and contorting to stay within the gray area.

One would have expected both Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) to wholeheartedly support an effort to topple the government. They have been pushed back politically, their leaders caught in a relentless legal hunt, and their opinions culled before they reach the public. However, when asked to back the march with full force both parties announced they would not become a part of the sit-in, leaving Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman alone to hold the fort.

But this refusal to join the protest doesn't stem from any ideological difference; leaders from both parties took to the stage with the Maulana and launched into ferocious diatribes against the government. They too want the government gone and support the marchers -...