Musharraf hints at alliance with PTI
Former president General Pervez Musharraf has said his party may form alliance with PTI.
Former president General Pervez Musharraf has hinted an alliance with PTI, and refused a possible patch-up with PPP and PML-N.
Musharraf said, “I don’t wish to work with those parties who have been tested by the people of Pakistan.
He said that PPP and PML-N have been tested time and again so an alliance with a fresh political force is on cards,” the former president said in his interview to an Indian newspaper.
The former president said that he has founded a party to contest general elections in Pakistan, “but few quarters don’t want it. They are putting hurdles in my return to Pakistan.”
Musharraf said nuclear-armed India and Pakistan need to “bury the hatchet” and settle their differences to reduce poverty and ease tensions in the region.
He added that Kashmir issue is “root cause of disputes”, which must be resolved as it provides fuel to extremism in his country.
“It is high time we open our eyes to reality,” said Musharraf, who has lived in exile in Dubai and London since stepping down in 2008. “We need to bury the hatchet.”
