Punjab Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Liaquat Baloch has said that government's efforts to divide the MMA will be fruitless, as all leaders of the alliance were playing a pivotal role in promotion of democratic values.
| "Only we can divide the MMA! Y'can't do it without a turban!" |
At a press conference here on Sunday afternoon, he said the MMA would hold public meetings in all cities and towns of the country as part of its countrywide mass contact campaign from March 17 to prepare people for a protest drive against government's failure to safeguard national interests.
| Protest... Protest... Protest... You guys have any answers? Or is that all you do? |
Mr Baloch said that the MMA and the JI were taking all political leaders into confidence for launching the anti-Musharraf movement.
| "Launching" it? What've you been running up until now? |
A majority of political leaders had agreed to join hands with the MMA against the policies of present rulers, he claimed. He said that both Jamali and Musharraf had compromised on the Kashmir cause and the nuclear programme just to please the US, putting country's solidarity at stake. Mr Baloch said that Gen Musharraf should immediately quit as the army chief, as this was vital for real and sustainable democracy. MMA's local MPA Arshad Mehmood Baggu, MMA district president Chaudhry Amjad Ali Cheema and JI district Amir Abdul Qadeer Rahi were also present. |