вЂњThese efforts are aimed at keeping MMA within the federal governmentвЂ™s fold,вЂќ a political commentator said. The NA also backs MusharrafвЂ™s policies and had assured PML-Q help in forming the next government.

Some political leaders and analysts feel this development could be more of вЂњMusharrafвЂ™s invisible handвЂќ at play in order to cobble up the MMA, PML-QA and National Alliance (NA) coalition government.

вЂњWe feel the religious parties are our natural allies and the level of cooperation among us can be better than with any other party.вЂќ вЂњWe had very productive meetings with the MMA leaders and hope to comfortably reach an agreement with them to form a coalition government at the centre,вЂќ a senior PML-Q leader said requesting anonymity. The PML-QA, which many political leaders have said was widely favoured by MusharrafвЂ™s regime, hopes to reach an agreement with the six-party Islamic alliance to form a coalition government. The PMLвЂ™s Quaid-e-Azam faction (PML-QA) won 77 of the 272 seats for the National Assembly, or Parliament, to emerge as the largest party in a splintered house in PakistanвЂ™s first polls since army chief Pervez Musharraf came to power in 1999. The military-backed faction of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and the religious alliance Muttadhida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) seem closer to forming the next government in the country. Air force planes bombed a vehicle seen speeding from the scene, and the US forces detained three suspects. The court judge said Abdullah Shah could appeal against the sentence and President Hamid KarzaiвЂ™s approval for the death sentence was needed.ДЄttackers fired a barrage of rockets at a US base in eastern Afghanistan, hitting a bunker but causing no injuries, the US military said today. Ibrahim, vice-chairman of Iraq's Revolutionary Command Council, said all 11,445,638 Iraqis eligible to vote had done so and every single one of them answered 'Yes' for another seven-year term for Saddam, who has ruled Iraq for 23 years.ДЄn Afghan tribunal yesterday sentenced one of the countryвЂ™s most notorious commanders to death for allegedly murdering dozens of people, including three of his wives and five of his children. Per cent of votes in a referendum for a new term in office, official results showed on Wednesday. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein won a perfect 100 Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has accused the establishment of massive rigging in the October 10 elections, which he said was a conspiracy to deprive the people of Sindh of their rights, reports Dawn.Д®ight bombers in two vans staged the deadly Bali terrorism attack, a newspaper reported today, as President Megawati Sukarnoputri was expected to discuss the investigation with members of her cabinet.Д«ali police chief Budi Setyawam speaks to reporters at the police headquarters in Denpasar on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Wednesday.ДЄn Iraqi woman holds gun as she celebrates referendum results in Baghdad Shah Ahmed Noorani (left), President of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), an alliance of six hardline Islamic parties, greets the partyвЂ™s Secretary-General Fazal-ur-Rehman before the start of an MMA meeting to discuss the formation of the new government in Islamabad on Wednesday. Islami, to head the new provincial government in the NWFP. Seem closer to forming the next government in the country.ДЄn alliance of Islamic parties, which has emerged as a major player after the elections, has proposed the name of pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman for the post of Prime Minister if it enters into a coalition, even as it authorised his party, the Jamat Ulema The military-backed faction of the Pakistan Muslim League and the religious alliance Muttadhida Majlis-e-Amal Religious alliance, PML faction likely to form government

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