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Jamaat abandons ruling IDA

Sharif seeks Benazir’s help
LAHORE. Pakistan. May 6 Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, abandoned by Islamic fundamentalist allies, said today he was seeking co operation from opposition leader Benazir Bhutto to run the country, reports Reuter
He told reporters in the Punjab province capital of Lahore that he had written to Bhutto, a bitter rival throughout his 18-month-oM conser vative government
He said he sought her cooperation to build a congenial political atmosphere in the larger national Interest.
Sharif said he expected a positive response from Bhutto, who has accused authorities of victimising her Pakistan People's Party (PPP) since she was sacked as Premier in 1990
on disputed charge of abusing power
Several previous attempts to reconcile the two leaders foundered on opposition from Sharif's hardline colleagues who believe Bhuttos secular views run counter to Pakistan s Islamic state Ideology
Bhutto received the letter on April 28 and is discussing it with colleagues before con ski ering a possible reply, a PPP spokesman said
The fundamentalist Jamaal e-lslami party quit Sharifs Islamic Democratic Alliance (IDA) yesterday. Its parliamcn tary leader, Liaquat Baluch, accused Sharif of failing to carry out a commitment to enforce full Islamic law.
He also told a news confer ence the government had fol
lowed the American line in Afghanistan and had compromised on Pakistan s nuclear programme
Political sources said Jamaals departure from the seven-party IDA was unlikely to pose an Immediate danger to Sharifs government, which, with the help of other allies has big majorities In both houses of parhanrnl
Another report says. Nawaz Sharif today blamed the head Jamaat elsfami Party for In ter-MuJahldeen fighting tn Afghanistan
Qazi Hussain Ahmed, the Jamaat leader. Is responsible for the confrontation between Mujahideen and the killing of innocent people, the official Associated Press of Pakistan quoted Sharif as saying
Sharif told reporters in Lahore that If fighting between rival Mujahideen factions in-lenslHed and there was more killing. Pakistan would hold Ahmed accountable for the tragic consequences.'
Jamaal * disassociation from the UI was Ahmed s personal decision Sharif said, accusing the parly leader had attacking him within 24 hours of be coming Prime Minister in November 1990.
Sharif said he was ready to face any Jamaat campaign against him. "We are not weak on that side he said
The well-organised reli gtous party, considered Influ ential among urban middle class, has a strong youth wing deeply entrenched in untversl ties and colleges