Islamabad,
\nIn a setback to Pakistan\u2019s former dictator Pervez Musharraf, several parties have dissociated themselves from his Awami Ittehad alliance only a day after he announced the formation of a \u201cgrand alliance\u201d of 23 parties.<\/p>\n
Two major partners of the alliance \u2014 the Pakistan Awami Tehrik and the Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen \u2014 denied being part of the coalition headed by Musharraf, The News reported.<\/p>\n
Addressing media persons through video conferencing from Dubai on Friday, the 74-year-old former president had said all parties representing the Muhajir community should be united.<\/p>\n
Musharraf, himself a Muhajir, had left Pakistan for Dubai in March last year after the interior ministry issued a notification to remove his name from the exit control list.<\/p>\n
Muhajirs are Urdu-speaking people who migrated from India during the partition.<\/p>\n
The grand alliance named Pakistan Awami Ittehad is headed by Musharraf, while Iqbal Dar has been appointed as Secretary-General.<\/p>\n
The Pakistan Awami Tehrik distanced from the alliance yesterday. Soon afterwards, Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) also denied being part of the alliance.<\/p>\n
\u201cNeither anyone has consulted us over an alliance nor any of our leaders attended meetings of any political or electoral alliance,\u201d the paper quoted the MWM sources as saying.<\/p>\n
Sunni Ittehad Council Chairman Sahibzada Hamid Raza also clarified that his party\u2019s alliance with Awami Ittehad is not meant for the election. He said the election politics will be done from the platform of grand alliance of Ahl-e-Sunnat parties i.e. \u2018Nizam-e-Mustafa Muttahida Mahaz\u2019.<\/p>\n
Musharraf thanked the alliance for appointing him as the chairman and announced that he would return to Pakistan soon, adding that he did not want any security when he does since the country\u2019s situation is better now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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