But what wasn’t quite as obvious at the time – although hindsight might suggest otherwise – is the sheer length of the queue of political party leaders all of whom want a piece of TUQ. This is epitomised by the fact that it was the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) cochairman Asif Ali Zarfari that got the first piece in the immediate aftermath of the report being made public. Among those queuing up to join hands with Qadri are the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), Jamaat-e-Islami and Majlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen. The voters in Punjab that the PTI has successfully captured can be broadly divided into two camps. Should Qadri successfully implement the manoeuvres in Punjab, the aftershocks for the PML-N government could be bigger than Panama and Faizabad combined.

Source: Pakistan Today December 27, 2017 10:07 UTC