Conclusion of Azadi March sit-in: What Fazlur Rehman achieved
(WorldNews Pakistan)

ISLAMABAD: The finale of the Azadi March launched by the Jamiat Ulemae Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) just after 18 days without having any of his principal demands met, is not what its sponsors might have envisaged. With the winding up of the protest, the agitation lost its steam, and the plan B is unlikely to be as effective as this show has been for being in the centre of the federal capital. At the moment, it ispremature to say about the efficacy of the next phase. Fazlur Rehman resisted the “face saving” that was possible by making the talks with a government team successful. But he spurned all negotiations with it. His separate dialogue with Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz...