KARACHI, June 8: The chief of the Pakistan Muslim League (Functional), Pir Pagara, on Friday made a host of predictions and said President Gen Pervez Musharraf would survive the current crisis only if his colleagues stopped their “conspiracies”.

Speaking at a press conference at his residence Kingri House, he said the current mess was made by President Musharraf’s “class fellows” and people close to him.

Pagara said: “His [the president’s] colleagues are the main obstacles in striking a deal.”

However, he made it clear that there was no possibility of a return to power of former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, as “their path was sealed”.

“I am not his colleague but his supporter,” said Pagara, adding that he would continue to back the president as in the current situation he did not find anyone else more suitable to lead the country.

According to him, it was Musharraf who was fully aware of the ongoing developments and was capable of facing them squarely.

Pagara said Pakistan was gradually moving towards “Faujistan,” where there would be an army captain even in a police station.

“Already their [the army’s] strength in the civil services is gradually increasing and when there is army rule, there would be an army officer in every office.”

Taking a swipe at the ruling Pakistan Muslim League, he said that he did not see a resolution of the judicial crisis through conciliation, nor was there any possibility of holding general elections in the country as there did not exist any government party. The PML, he said, was not a political party and was incapable of winning the elections.

He said in Sindh there were two governments -- one provincial, run by the chief minister, and the other central, run by the governor.

Asked about the possibility of an electoral alliance between his party and the PPP, Pagara said that in Sindh the PPP and PML-F were the two main parties and could cooperate with each other because in the absence of a mutual understanding between them, a third party could benefit from their differences.

When asked if former prime minister Zafarullah Jamali was able to make headway in uniting the disparate Muslim League factions, Pagara said there was no hurry for PML unity as it was a movement. That was why it was not an easy task to turn it into a party, he said.

He said a state of emergency could be declared any time, adding that emergency he foresaw martial law in the country.