PESHAWAR, Dec 31: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) will cooperate with the Awami National Party in its struggle against the proposed Kalabagh Dam.

A press release issued here on Saturday quoted MQM’s central convener Imran Farooq as telling ANP’s president Asfandyar Wali Khan by telephone from the party’s international secretariat in London.

Terming the ANP’s Jehangira rally against Kalabagh dam historic, he congratulated the ANP and said both the parties were against the project and it could not be constructed because it was being opposed by three provinces.

He said that his party would not, in any way, support the construction of the dam against the wishes of the people of three provinces.

Mr Imran Farooq expressed his dismay over military operation in Balochistan, the Press statement quoted him as telling Asfandiar Wali Khan on telephone.

The ANP’s central president thanked him on his remarks and expressed the hope that unity among all democratic forces could not only force the government on deferment of such issues, but could also bury such issues once and for all.

Mr Khan termed the government’s insistence on building Kalabagh dam illogical and said the military operation in Balochistan jeopardized the country’s solidarity.