Describing the parliamentary polls called by President Pervez Musharraf’s military regime on January 8 as “fraudulent”, he said participation in the election would only strengthen the General’s position.

Khan, released from prison yesterday after being arrested under an anti-terror law, said there is “no point in participating in an election where  apart from the pre-poll and polling day rigging  the opposition will have its hands tied behind its back and all the chips will be with Musharraf and his cronies”. The All Parties Democratic Movement will decide whether to boycott the polls at a meeting on November 24.