PESHAWAR, Dec 11: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) president Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that differences over resigning from the National Assembly do threaten the unity of the alliance, but the issue will be resolved during the next supreme council meeting.

Talking to reporters after addressing the Peshawar High Court Bar Association here on Monday, Qazi Hussain Ahmed said the Jamaat-i-Islami wanted the alliance members to first resign from the National Assembly and then launch a movement against the government, while Maulana Fazlur Rehman wanted the anti-government movement first.

He, however, said it was a minor issue which would be resolved in the next supreme council meeting of the alliance.

He held the PPP Parliamentarians responsible for rifts in the opposition. It was this party that opposed the formation of a grand alliance for ousting General Musharraf and restoring the 1973 Constitution, he said.

"All political parties had agreed to the formation of a grand alliance, but the leaders of the PPP Parliamentarians said they would first contact Benazir Bhutto," he said, quipping: "I am surprised these leaders have yet to discuss the issue with Bibi even though they meet her every month.”

Earlier addressing the PHCBA, the MMA chief defended the alliance’s stance over the legal framework order (LFO) and said General Musharraf had, in the presence of General Ihsan-ul-Haq and Tariq Aziz, agreed to discard the uniform against the passage of the LFO. However, General Musharraf did not keep up his promise and continued to hold the posts of president and army chief, he said.

Pakistan Army and the United States had a complete control over the country, he alleged.

"Political parties of the country should start a mass movement against the Musharraf-led government and do something such that no general could dissolve a democratic government in future," he urged.

Qazi Hussain Ahmed hailed lawyers for their efforts to safeguard the constitution amended from time to time by military dictators.

He, however, criticised judiciary for what he called supporting the successive military dictators in their attempts to make self-serving amendments to the Constitution since the very establishment of the country.