Can Fazl really bridge the government-PTI gap?

ISLAMABAD: With both the government and the main opposition PTI knocking on his door, Maulana Fazlur Rehman is once again being cast as the man who can defuse a potential confrontation between the two sides. But the question is: what leverage does the veteran politician actually have to bring them to the table? Going by the numbers, somewhat less than he once did. His JUI-F holds just 10 seats in the National Assembly, 18 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 12 in Balochistan Assembly. In KP, it sits in opposition to a PTI government, and in Balochistan too it is on the opposition benches. Its seven…