ISLAMABAD: Over the revival of six-party MMA after the lapse of 10 years, various political parties have given their reaction.
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has described the restoration of MMA as a feat of the establishment. It has expressed fear about the MMA and said that it is an alliance of outlawed parties under the patronage of the establishment.
PPP Secretary General Senator Farhatullah Babar said that restoration of MMA is a part of the plan to covertly exploit Taliban. He added that restoration of MMA and taking part in the general elections by Defence of Pakistan Council (DPC) will give a push to the plan for bringing Taliban into the mainstream.
He informed that MMA had its inception in 2002 during General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf’s rule, and questioned who was behind the plan this time.
The PPP senator said that the present scenario endorses these incidents. He added that the new political party of Jamaatud Dawa, called Milli Muslim League (MML), despite the rejection of registration exists and Maulana Samiul Haq is the head of this party.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) said that it will not pose any big threat to provincial level moderates and enlightened parties. PML (N) and PTI said that religious parties are making an attempt to enhance and strengthen their vote bank before the general elections.
They said that they have no apprehensions from this alliance.
Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal said that it seems that religious parties are working hard to save themselves. He added that their party has secured its place in the country through their developmental projects.
PTI Information Secretary Shafqat Mahmood said that their party has no witness to the backing of establishment for such parties. He added that the scenario is changing in the country and that his party has support in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).