Pervez PervMusharraf
... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ...
has announced a "grand alliance" of 23 political parties that will operate under the umbrella of the Pakistain Awami Itehad (PAI), DawnNews reported on Friday.
The alliance will be headed by Musharraf, while Iqbal Dar has been appointed Secretary General. The central office of the alliance will be in Islamabad.
Addressing a presser in this regard, Musharraf denied persistent rumours that he had wished to lead the Muttahida Qaumi Movement
...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead...
(MQM), claiming that it was ridiculous to think that he would want to be head of a "minor, ethnic party".
"MQM-Pakistain is merely half of what the [original] party used to be," he said. "I am concerned about [the internal problems] of the party; however, I have no interest in replacing Farooq Sattar or Mustafa Kamal even if their parties are united," he insisted.
Criticising MQM, he said that the party and the muhajir community have lost respect. The muhajir community would do better to abandon ethnic politics and join PAI, he said.
He added that the alliance between MQM and the Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) could not last due to a lack of leadership. However,
you can observe a lot just by watching...
he said, that it would still be better for both MQM and the PSP to form an alliance.
He expressed hope that Pakistain Moslem League-Quaid leaders Chaudhry Shujaat and Chaudhry Pervez Elahi would join his grand alliance as well.
The former president also advised Pakistain Tehhreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan
... aka
Taliban Khan, who isn't your heaviest-duty thinker, maybe not even among the top five...
to "join hands with a group that would take Pakistain forward" while accusing him of only thinking about his own party (PTI).
The political parties that have already joined PAI include the All Pakistain Moslem League (APML), the Pakistain Awami Tehrik, Sunni Itehad Council, Majlis-e-Wahdatul Moslemeen, Pakistain Sunni Tehrik
...formed in Karachi in 1992 under by Muhammad Saleem Qadri. It quickly fell to trading fisticuffs and assassinations with the MQM and the Sipah-e-Sahaba, with at least a half dozen of its major leaders rubbed out. Sunni Tehreek arose to become the primary opposition to the Deobandi Binori Mosque, headed by Nizamuddin Shamzai, who was eventually bumped off by person or persons unknown. ST's current leadership has heavily criticized the Deobandi Jihadi leaders, accusing them of being sponsored by Indian Intelligence agencies as well as involvement in terrorist activities...
, Moslem Conference (Kashmire), PML-Junejo, PML-Council, PML- National, Awami League, Pak Moslem Alliance, Pakistain Mazdoor Ittehad, Conservative Party, Muhajir Ittehad Tehrik, Pakistain Insani Huqooq Party, Millat Party, Jamaat Ulma Pakistain (Niazi Group), Aam Loug Party, Aam Admi Party, Pakistain Masawat Party, Pakistain Minority Party, Jamaat Mashaikh Pakistain, Social Justice Democratic Party.