PTI Vice-Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that the decision of forming an alliance with former President Pervez Musharraf will be taken after looking at the ‘circumstances’. Musharraf, who formed his own party by the name of All Pakistan Muslim League in 2010, has announced that he would return to Pakistan in January 2012.
Is it now the one-time all powerful Musharraf’s turn to seek shoulder of Imran Khan, as the latter was once offered by the then strongman during referendum? Or is it a bid by SMQ to dent the image of PTI which is already being criticised for accepting the turncoats to its fold? The level of trust on Imran Khan can shatter but there seems no other way for him to sweep the election and earn a clear majority to form a government.
MARYA MUFTY
Lahore