 The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) will not ally with the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) because they have too many ideological differences, said Asif Zardari on Tuesday. "There are several differences, but issues related to the rights of women, and the religion column in the new passports, illustrate the wide gulf between us," Zardari told reporters after a meeting of the PPP Punjab executive committee in Faisal Town. "The MMA does not want a democracy, but they exploit the idea to gain power," he said. The intelligence agencies had made a big mistake by "creating" an "organised and aggressive force" in the MMA, he said.
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Reminded that he was on very good terms with Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the secretary general of the MMA, he said, "No doubt I am on good terms with him, but it does not change the fact I am a member of a liberal political force," he said. |