ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has said that he would welcome an alliance with alleged 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed for the general election in 2018. However, several parties dissociated themselves from Musharraf’s Awami Ittehad alliance after he announced the formation of a “grand alliance” of 23 parties. According to media reports, two major partners of the alliance – the Pakistan Awami Tehrik and the Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen – denied being part of the coalition headed by Musharraf. However, the JuD chief did not disclose anything about the constituency he would like to contest from. Musharraf had recently called himself as the “biggest supporter” of the LeT and its founder Hafiz Saeed.

Source: Pakistan Today December 05, 2017 10:18 UTC