LAHORE: Senate Deputy Chairman and JUI-F Secretary General Maulana Abdul Ghaafoor Haidari called on Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Liaqat Baloch at his residence on Friday and discussed possibilities of establishing an alliance of religious parties like the defunct Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA) to counter “conspiracies to secularise the country and suppress Islamist elements.”