The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) will meet next week to discuss the situation arising out of Pakistan-India joint statement on Kashmir and resumption of composite dialogue between the two countries from February.
The alliance, sources told Business Recorder, will issue detailed reaction on the Musharraf-Vajpayee meeting and its outcome at its upcoming meeting.
Besides, the alliance will also chalk out its strategy following the passage of the 17th amendment and the vote of confidence to President General Pervez Musharraf.
"Prior to ARD parties head meeting, PML (N) and PPP will hold separate meetings on Monday and Tuesday respectively," the alliance sources told Business Recorder here on Saturday. ARD meeting date will be decided after discussions of their central leadership.
Over the Pakistan-India joint statement, these two major component parties have divergent views. PPP has cautiously welcomed while PML has outrightly rejected the statement, which calls for settlement of Kashmir and other issues through dialogue with no mention about UN resolutions on the core issue.
"Yes there is difference of opinion, but it is reflective of democratic attitude in the alliance," conceded ARD sources, when asked for comments.
ARD is facing dilemma over its future course of action, following what it described Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal's U-turn on Legal Framework Order (LFO) and the uniformed President.
Meanwhile, PPP sources said that Makhdoom Amin Fahim would brief the central executive committee on Tuesday about his discussions with exiled party chairperson Ms Benazir Bhutto in Dubai.
He has visited twice to Dubai in two weeks in the wake of change in MMA's policy on LFO, the uniformed President, passage of 17th amendment and President Musharraf's vote of confidence.
When contacted, ARD Parliamentary Group Secretary Izhar Amrohvi told Business Recorder that there were no political differences between PPP and PML (N) on Kashmir or any other issue. "Both sides believed that Kashmir issue should be resolved through talks, without ignoring the aspirations of Kashmiris," he said.
He maintained that PPP and PML (N) shared unanimity on the fact that Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee should have held talks with his Pakistani counterpart Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Kashmir and other bilateral issues.
"Vajpayee's meeting with Musharraf, subsequent issuance of the joint statement and the decision on resumption of composite dialogue clearly manifested that Jamali was a puppet prime minister, as real powers lied with some one else," Amrohvi contended.
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