Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Sunday that the federal government didn’t succeed in launching a military operation in Swat during the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) government. Addressing a gathering at a Swabi madrassa, the MMA general secretary said that the MMA had become an “international power” and that the US and Pakistan governments should think twice before taking any action against the alliance. Fazl also criticised the provisions of the polls code of conduct draft that barred people from criticising the army, judiciary and foreign policy. “The army will have to face criticism if it tries to interfere in politics,” he said.