PTI-JUI gulf widens despite overtures

• Ayub says party can’t force Maulana to join ‘grand alliance’
• Fazl willing to engage with PTI, party seeks clarity on Imran’s ‘green-light for talks’

ISLAMABAD: The gulf between reluctant allies — the PTI and JUI-F — has widened to the point that leaders from Imran Khan’s party seem to have lost hope of launching a much-touted joint struggle alongside the religio-political outfit led by Maulana Fazlur Rehman.

This was evidenced by Opposition Leader Omar Ayub’s recent admission...