LAHORE: Former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf telephoned several politicians of the country recently to garner their support for his recently-announced political party, the All Pakistan Muslim League, Daily Times learnt on Monday.The prominent among those called up by Musharraf were the Legharis of Dera Ghazi Khan, the Mehars of interior Sindh and Mian Muhammad Azhar in Lahore. Source told Daily Times that Musharraf had called members of the mentioned families last week to persuade them to back his party once he returned to the county.
They said Musharraf phoned former president Farooq Leghari to discuss various political aspects. The two also considered certain leaders of various parties disappointed by their respective organisations and who could potentially become part of Musharraf's party, the sources said.
They added that Musharraf also called “a prominent figure of the Mehar family in Sindh and former Punjab governor Mian Muhammad Azhar, who enjoys popularity in the province'. “His grievances against the Sharifs and the Chaudhry brothers were also taken up,' the sources said.
Musharraf and some of the leaders of PML-Q dissident group and PML-Z are already in contact, “and some of the dissident leaders have given a green signal to Musharraf for participating in the country's politics', the sources went on to say.