Eccentric expediency.

Byline: GULSHER PANHWER - Johi

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has announced not to join Mulana Fazul Rehman long March but support him morally and politically. Unfathomable. Political and moral support means joining the long march which is peaceful tool for putting pressure on government to either correct the situation or step down.

If the reason is that religion political parties including JUIF and PPP are ideologically poles apart, the PPP leader shouldn't have talked about political and moral support to Mulana Fazul Rehman. Then one strongly speculate that PPP is keeping its doors open for deal and by withdrawing or ditching Mulana, Bilawal is strengthening his bargaining position. And if yes what kind of deal or concession PPP leaders is aspiring to extract from PTI government. To save Sindh government or seeking release of his father and aunt or both.

It looks that even if PTI wanted to strike a deal it would be hard for PM to allow Asif And Faryal scot free because he has spoken so emphatically and emotionally for numerous times that it would be nearly impossible for him to defend such a deal even if he hid himself behind courts or took the hare of national interest from his hat.

One way is infamous plea bargain which can be face saving to PTI government but ruin the reputation of Asif Ali Zardari who...

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