MMA, APDM in quandary over boycott

ISLAMABAD—The Supreme Council of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) failed to take any decision on whether or not to attend the APDM meeting to be held tomorrow (Thursday). During the meeting that lasted for five hours, the MMA leaders discussed in detail whether or not to attend APDM meeting with JUI- F leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman showing reservations over the suggestion to attend it.
He was of the view that no formal invitation has been sent from the APDM platform and ‘we should thoroughly think on each and every aspect of the issue.” The meeting formally restored Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani as head of MMA Balochistan Chapter after listing the views of the participants. After the meeting, MMA leader Liaquat Baloch talking to media expressed the hope that all component parties of MMA would attend the upcoming APDM meeting.
Chairman Pakistan Muslim League (N) Raja Zafarul Haq has said that opposition is divided on the issue of boycotting the forthcoming general elections. Talking to a private television channel, he said there are two opinions in the opposition ranks some parties want to participate in the election and some want to boycott them in the prevailing conditions. To a question he said boycott would be affective only if major political parties in the opposition opt for it otherwise it may prove insignificant.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Wednesday that he would try to persuade all the components of the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) at its forthcoming meeting to boycott the coming general elections. “We are trying our level best that all the political parties unite on a single point agenda and boycott the election unanimously,” he said while talking to reporters.—Online