No tie-up with any pro-Gen party: Opp

Pakistan's multi-party opposition alliance today rejected any deal to form government with parties supporting President Pervez Musharraf.&#1...

Pakistan’s multi-party opposition alliance today rejected any deal to form government with parties supporting President Pervez Musharraf.

‘‘We cannot have cooperation or coalition with any party or alliance which supports President Musharraf,’’ chairman of the 15-party Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) Nawabzada Nasrullah said. ‘‘We reject (Musharraf’s) Constitutional amendments, we reject them one and all.’’

The ARD’s position appeared to rule out a bid by elements of the Opposition Pakistan people’s Party (PPP) of self-exiled former premier Benazir Bhutto to form a governing coalition of five parties, including the pro-Musharraf Pakistan Muslim league-Quaid (PML-Q).

PPP is a member of the ARD, as is the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. PPP, which emerged as the second-largest party with 63 seats after Oct. 10 general elections, has been negotiating with the 77-seat PML-Q and an alliance of Islamic parties to form the first government after three years of military rule.