Pakistan, April 30 -- Some habits die hard. After enjoying a game-changing role in Pakistani politics for decades on end, which had little to do with his actual mandate on the ground, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam's Maulana Fazlur Rehman seems to be having a hard time adjusting to the new pecking order.

On Monday, he stood before the National Assembly in open support for the PTI. And while this about-turn in his political inclination was no longer a surprise considering a string of meetings with the party leadership in the past, the very fact that he chose to air the dirty laundry of his brethren-in-power does give a whiff of change in the air.

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