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We,the third force
When former Pakistan president Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari launched a new political party in Lahore on 14 August, the Independence Day, it was widely seen as an attempt to provide an alternative to the two main political groupings, Nawaz Sharifs Pakistan Muslim League and Benazir Bhuttos Pakistan Peoples Party. So far, however, the newly formed Millat (National) Party has failed to make any wave in Pakistans muddy political waters and Leghari remains yet another pretender to the third force.
The country has seen a host of these. Most prominent among them in recent times have been former cricketer Imran Khan, former chief of army staff Gen Aslam Beg and, not to forget, Qazi Hussain Ahmed of the Jamaat Islami.