Islamabad: As the impasse over government formation continued, former Pakistan Premier Benazir Bhutto on November 11 said her party may support a government headed by the hardline religious parties from outside but would not join it.

In an interview to a Pakistan television channel, Geo News from Washington, the self- exiled leader said the Pakistan People's Party was in favour of formation of a consensus or national government to tide over the present stalemate if other parties agreed to make her party leader Mukhdhum Amin Fahim as Prime Minister.

She said her party may support Muttahida Majilas Amal (MMA), an alliance of six- hardline religious parties, in forming the government.

However, Bhutto said the PPP will be not be a part of the government if the MMA forms the government and the MMA will not be a part if PPP forms the government, because the differences between the two parties on the foreign and domestic issues are like sky and the earth, she said.

She said an agreement to form a government with pro-Musharraf Pakistan Muslim League- Qaide Azam (PML-Q) was not possible due to differences over Musharraf's Presidency and total transfer of power to an elected government.

PTI