PML-Q: Musharraf's Brainchild Fractured, Failing

Byline: Irfan Bukhari ISLAMABAD -- A brainchild of former president Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) is hurtling towards its natural demise as it is embroiled in serious internal crises with no leader or parliamentarian committed to the Chaudhrys. In the last three years since the PML-Q's slow disintegration began shortly after its defeat in the 2008 elections, over a dozen blocs and interest groups with no cohesion among them - save for lack of an agenda or charismatic personality - have emerged in the former ruling party. The intra-party blocs and divisions are as follows: