WASHINGTON - The United States on Friday expressed satisfaction over the peaceful resolution of the issues raised by Dr Tahirul Qadri'slong march, as American newspapers said that the Minhajul Quran chief was unable to achieve his main objectives."We have been clear that we want to see these issues settled through dialogue and democratically,” State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told reporters at the daily press briefing in response to a question. She noted that Pakistan government's deal with Qadri was a "good political-based resolution". The New York Times reported: "Although he (Qadri) electrified the news media and embarrassed the government by closing down the centre of the capital for four days, his promises of a 'million-man march' did not materialise, and the much smaller group that followed him was drenched by bitter rains that lashed the capital on Thursday."But the 61-year-old preacher, who mixed eloquent rhetoric with fist-waving ultimatums, did achieve some concessions, particularly for the leader of an obscure party that does not hold a single seat in parliament. And even as his supporters began dispersing, it was clear that he had carved out an unusually prominent role for a political outsider.“After five hours of talks with representatives of the coalition government, held inside the bulletproof enclosure he inhabited on Islamabad’s main avenue, Mr Qadri read out a five-point agreement about his party’s role in the elections."Perhaps the greatest achievement of the deal, however, had not been written down: a major street movement had been peacefully defused without loss of life. Warnings from Interior Minister Rehman Malik that suicide bombers could target the rally failed to materialise.” The Washington Post reported: "After days of anti-government protests, sectarian violence and political turmoil, Pakistan managed on Thursday to retreat from the brink of the kind of chaos that has often ushered in military rule during the nation’s 65-year history.“Two cliff-hanger developments provided a measure of stability in this nuclear-armed country. The Supreme Court delayed the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on corruption allegations, while the government bowed, in part, to the demands of a populist Muslim preacher whose followers had amassed in the capital by the tens of thousands in hopes of dissolving parliament."Qadri supported the 1999 coup that brought Gen Pervez Musharraf to power, and the cleric’s current calls for military help in establishing a caretaker government prompted many analysts to see him as a stalking horse for another dictatorship as Pakistan prepares for elections that would be its first-ever democratic transition of administrations."Qadri denied such an intention and ultimately dropped his demand for the government’s immediate resignation.”The Los Angeles Times published: "Leaders in Zardari's ruling Pakistan People's Party, as well as many analysts, suspected that the country's powerful military, which has had an adversarial relationship with Zardari's team, may have quietly been directing Qadri's movement in hope of commandeering the caretaker government that will be established in the two-month period before the election. Both Qadri and the military have denied that contention."Qadri's message resonated with many Pakistanis deeply frustrated by the inability of Zardari's government to remedy crippling power outages, rejuvenate the economy and turn the tide against home-grown militancy."Many demonstrators said that despite having to sleep in the cold on blankets spread on asphalt, they were willing to keep the protest alive until Qadri gave them the go-ahead to leave. They listened closely each day as he gave long, fiery speeches from an armchair behind protective glass and inside a freight-car-sized steel box.”"Chances are low that the government will demonstrate progress on other Qadri demands (like reforms) before elections are held, increasing the likelihood that this timetable will fail and a caretaker government could stay on indefinitely," said Shamila Chaudhry, South Asia specialist at the Eurasia Group.Qadri's call for a campaign to root out corruption could also create obstacles and delays."Corruption is rampant among all political actors, not just the current government," said Chaudhry."So true implementation of the declaration will require a complete overhaul of political behaviour in Pakistan -- a virtually impossible task before elections."