He dispelled the impression that he wanted to become prime minister of the neutral caretaker set up after announcement of the general elections. However, he said if all the political parties forced him to accept the office, then he would accept it. "I do not support participation of judiciary or the armed forces in the care-taker government; what I want these institutions should be consulted for bringing in a neutral government for holding elections in accordance with the provisions of the constitution on time," he added.
Meanwhile, a high level delegation of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) led by Farooq Sattar met Allama Tahirul Qadri at his office and discussed the proposed long march on January 14 to press for electoral reforms. MQM leaders said that though the MQM had agreed to Dr Qadri's stance of carrying out the long march, yet the final decision in this regard will be taken in their next meeting. Qadri said the two parties will continue consulting each other regarding the January 14 march. He said he would start leading the long march with around 200,000 people from Lahore to Islamabad on January 13 and the number of people would grow to four million on the way.