MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 3: An adviser to Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan on Wednesday said efforts to destabilise the Muslim Conference (MC) government could mar the reconciliation process.

Referring indirectly to the reported meetings of some federal ministers with a ‘forward bloc’ member seeking ouster of the AJK premier, Chaudhry Tariq Farooq, said: “Country's security and the prevailing atmosphere of reconciliation demand complete political stability in AJK.”

Referring to the ‘forward bloc’ members as ‘dissenting friends’, the adviser asked them to bury the hatchet ‘instead of playing into the hands of vested interests.’

Mr Farooq said the government fully realised that dissenters were ‘committed and ideological’ party workers and would not let anyone use their shoulders to bring any other party to power or facilitate midterm elections.

“We are watchful of the activities in different circles. Nevertheless, the AJK government will maintain its association and working relationship with the Pakistan government,” he said.

He said the prime minister still enjoyed the trust of majority in the parliamentary party he was sure that angry friends would also have pondered over the statements of PPP leaders ‘reflecting their eagerness and longing for snap polls.’

However, LA speaker Shah Ghulam Qadir denied that the federal government was intervening in the AJK affairs.

“In fact it is a rebellion from within the ruling party because of the dictatorial attitude of the incumbent prime minister and majority wants to show him the exit,” he told Dawn.

Mr Qadir, a key figure in the forward bloc, asked Sardar Attique to resign for having lost the trust of majority and thus pave the way for smooth transition of power in the region.