A lot has been said about PPP-PML-Q power sharing in both the print and electronic media. Some say it is PPPs compulsion to have strength enough in the National Assembly to get the federal budget through, while others are of the view that PML-Q is filling in the gap created by the departure of MQM and JUI-F for its own considerations. These critics further argue that PML-Q has all along been an establishment party; it could not afford to stay out of power for long. And since Q was facing further split in its rank and Moonis Elahi was behind bars, its leadership felt compelled to go in for a deal with the sitting government at the Centre. At best it could be termed as a compromise formula worked out to serve each others interests. Dissenting voices have been heard from both PPP and PML-Q. Some PPP stalwarts maintain that late Benazir had accused the Q leadership of being responsible for her assassination. On the other hand, the PML-Q believes that late Murtaza Bhutto was behind Chaudhry Zahoor Elahis murder. But the main question is whether Prime Minister Gilani is comfortable with this new development because apparently, he was taken onboard much later. If media reports are to be trusted then a new position of a Deputy Prime Minister would be created to accommodate Pervaiz Elahi while all vacant ministries have been offered to Q. Besides, several other official positions inside and outside the country are also likely to be filled in by it. Mr Gilani, when specifically asked at an APNS Convention, said there was nothing to be worried about the deal and he was happy with the development. Only time will tell whether he was pretending or he meant it. The track record of both the parties shows that they have always been pitched against each other and the trust-level has been very poor. Will the newly formed alliance work well for the objectives that made it possible and whether they have joined hands to harm PML-N in the next general elections besides posing a serious threat to its government in Punjab would be clear sooner than expected.