Only time will tell whether PML-Qs decision on Wednesday not to break ranks with the federal government over its reservations like discriminatory treatment meted out to its ministers and neglect of energy sector would pay any dividend. The next elections are close at hand and as one leader of the party said earlier it would only be disastrous to cast their lot with the PPP whose credibility and public rating has hit an all time low. Hence their decision not to go separate ways appears quite strange. President Zardari met with Chaudhry brothers in an effort to win them over and succeeded in papering over the cracks. However, sincerity to the country demands something else apart from political wheeling and dealing. What is really important is that the PML-Q should join forces with the PML-N and together help steer the country out of the mess it finds itself in. The aim should be to turn it into a political force that it once was under the charismatic leadership of Quaid-i-Azam. And let us not forget that it was with the element of unity that the party was able to lead a movement that culminated in the formation of Pakistan. The post independence break up of Muslim League into several splinter groups and factions each with its own different manifesto that prevails at present is but a sad reflection on the state of the party. It is for this reason that various groups of PML should come under one umbrella. It is heartening to note that PML-N has given feelers which indicate that it might to willing to accept the Q-league back in its fold. Mian Nawaz Sharifs statement that he welcomes PML-Qs decision to quit the government has certainly raised the possibility of a rapprochement between the two forces. Both the sides must put aside their personal differences or reservations and instead stand on one platform to serve the nation in true sense of the word. Certainly, not only they can become a strong opposition but would become a force to reckon with in the next general election and can hopefully achieve representation throughout the country. Muslim Leagues resurrection into the party of Quaid-i-Azam in this time of trial and turmoil would be a great blessing for the nation.