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KARACHI: Amid growing speculation over the possibility of the 28th Amendment, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman placed President Asif Ali Zardari in a difficult position on Monday, urging him to protect the 18th Amendment with the same determination he had shown in helping bring it into existence in 2010 while holding the same office. Responding to a question about his thoughts on the proposed 28th Amendment while answering journalists’ queries after addressing a Meet the Press organised by the Karachi Press Club, the JUI-F chief said that the government had not come up with any position and everything remained blurred on the subject. However, he sounded very clear about the 18th Amendment, calling it “an achievement of the political parties” after so much effort under the PPP-led coalition government in 2010, restoring the “supremacy of the Constitution” after it had suffered too many “blows” under different military rules.