Re: Talat is under fire these days but…
Zardari chose to be president instead of prime minister because of the immunity that office offered him. In theory, the president is a nominal position in a system such as ours, which should be filled by a non-political powerless person representing federation. A lot of Indians do not even know the name of their president.
Nawaz leaving the office has not implications on his authority over the matters this government can influence. He can remain behind the scenes. The fight is not Nawaz v/s Imran. Imran, himself, is not that important to be given so much credit.
The story is Imran + Miliatry (or at least some sections of military) v/s Nawaz. The attitude of PML(N) this time is bold. Previous government of Zardari accepted everything ordered by the military and just pleaded to let them continue. The attitude of this government is different. They are saying that we would not go on threats. If you like to throw us out, that’s okay, but we are not willing to beg for mercy. Nawaz resigning is sort of accepting military winning. That is not what they like at this time.
I think the things went wrong when TuQ and IK could not gather as many people for their Marches as military would have liked and backed off.