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President’s addressees

There was nothing new in the president’s speech, which was his fourth to a joint session of parliament. However, the event showed that the president’s opponents are willing to forget the bitterness of the past and join hands against the ruling PPP. And this indicates a change in the political situation in the times ahead. Smooth sailing appears to be a thing of the past. While the negative reaction of most of other parties was predictable and understandable, the one shown by Maulana Fazlur Rehman was rather unexpected. He has always been on the side of the PPP when he had to choose between this party and the PML-N. But this time, he broke ranks with the PPP and protested as did other parties, including the PML-N. 
All efforts made by the PPP leaders to take him along have failed.
Only a few weeks ago, he developed serious differences with the prime minister when he sacked both Javed Sawti (a JUI-F man) and Hamid Saeed Kazmi (a PPP man) as federal ministers because of the Hajj scam. The Maulana thought that the removal of Mr Kazmi was justified because of corruption charge against him, but action taken against the JUI-F minister was uncalled for. 
He had demanded the removal of the prime minister, but shown full support for President Zardari. 
But only a few weeks down the line, he appears to have changed his thinking about the president as well.
A very senior PML-Q leader has been reported as saying that the present government will not last beyond the budget session. And it is now an open secret that Maulana Fazlur Rehman is a very serious candidate for the office of the prime minister.
Some sources say that in case an-house change could not be brought about, pressure would be mounted for fresh elections.

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