ISLAMABAD, Sept 20: Almost all the major parties contesting general elections have decided to join hands on one point agenda of ensuring free, fair and impartial polls and smooth transfer of power to the winning party, sources said on Friday.

Although these parties have failed in making any substantial seat adjustments between themselves in a bid they earlier envisaged to defeat the pro-government candidates, they clearly smell that if they also failed in putting their act together they will lose elections miserably if the feared manipulations were enforced by their opponents on the election day.

A list of demands vis a vis holding of smooth polls is being mulled at an appropriate level which will be discussed among the leaders and made public probably at a joint news conference of these leaders within the next few days, the source said.

“Efforts were being made to get at least the leaders of four major parties, Makhdoom Amin Fahim (PPP), Raja Zafarul Haq (PML-N), Qazi Hussain Ahmed (JI/MMA) and Imran Khan (PTI) together at a joint news conference to pronounce their joint stand on the holding of elections and the apprehensions attached to them”, said a source.

Imran Khan chairman Pakistan Tehrik Insaaf who is spearheading the campaign to rally the opposition parties affected by government’s actions dubbed as pre-poll rigging has completed first round of talks with three major parties, PPP, PML(N) and JI/MMA.

He had told a news conference here on Thursday that he had talked by phone to Jamaat chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed being last in the list who principally agreed with my point of view and also agreed on taking a united stand on holding of polls.

According to sources Mr Khan has undertaken the task of bringing the mainstream political leaders to join hands against any effort of manipulation in the general elections.

Makhdoom Amin Fahim and Raja Zafarul Haq in their meetings with Imran Khan had agreed with the notion that the parties who don’t enjoy support from the establishment and were confronting the pro-government parties should have a joint platform.

Sources said, Makhdoom told Imran that he will be right back after consulting ARD chief Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan and other component party leaders.

In his telephonic talks with Imran, Qazi Hussain also promised to discuss the issue with the components of the MMA during a rally in Rawalpindi on Sunday and to hold a meeting together with other political leaders.