Centre’s solo flight blamed for sit-in debacle“We are caught between a rock and a hard place,” an N-Leaguer said, requesting anonymity. Sources said that hardliners in the PML-N want removal of Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal and replaced by a “tough” interior minister to handle any kind of crisis. Tehreek-e-Labbaik calls off Islamabad sit-in after govt accepts demands“There are religious groups who plan to march on Islamabad in the coming days. We need a strong boss [interior minister] to manage things and not the one who shies away from responsibility,” a senior party member said. After this episode, the interior minister reportedly offered to step down but Sharif has not taken any decision in this regard.

Source: The Express Tribune November 30, 2017 05:26 UTC