Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam) consider the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) as their "common enemy". "(President) Zardari has no policy at all as right from the beginning, he has been issuing confusing statements... whether it was the issue of sending ISI chief to India or honouring the Charter of Democracy."
This was stated by NWFP PML-Q President and Member National Assembly Ameer Muqam, in a telephonic conversation with Business Recorder from Peshawar. Terming the alliance between PML-N and PML-Q as need of the hour, the former federal minister said the party workers on the two sides were wishing their leaderships to join hands.
"We have pressure from the workers side to form a coalition to contain PPP, as Zardari changes his statements overnight," said the PML-Q leader. According to Muqam even former President General Musharraf had a better policy approach than the PPP co-chairman. "He (Zardari) says something at the breakfast table and then contradicts himself at lunch... even Musharraf had better policies than Zardari," he added.
When asked if the two parties, which had parted ways in the wake of October 12, 1999 coup by the Pervez Musharraf, were following the theory of "my enemy's enemy is my friend", he said. "This is exactly what we are seeing the need of the hour is unity, he added.
About his party's eight-year-long support for and coalition with a military dictator, Musharraf, the PML-Q leader said at that time Muslim Leaguers had no leadership therefore they backed the then leadership "in the interests of the nation."
When asked if PML-N, which has had an anti-dictator stance, should embrace PML-Q, which is said to be formed by a military ruler and is known as the King's Party, Muqam said still Nawaz Sharif had many people around who had been the supporters of military regime. "This is no issue, leadership on both sides should adopt a forward-looking approach setting personal interests aside," he added.
About the chances of success for the merger of the two Leagues, he said he was not sure about the final decision. When asked about the progress of talks, the Pushtoon MNA said, he had received no signal from the top leadership on the parleys.
"When we asked our leadership about their talks with PML-N in Dubai, they declined to comment," he added. Meanwhile, a senior PML-Q leader from Islamabad confirmed to Business Recorder that his party was holding talks with PML-N. "Preliminary discussions have taken place," he added. He said the two parties were working out modalities for proceeding towards an alliance, he said.
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