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Afghanistan/South Asia
Sami challenges Qazi, Fazl to contest election against him
2004-02-14
Vice President of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal and chief of JUI-S, Maulana Samiul Haq has announced to convene meeting of Majlis-e-Shoora of his party within ten days to take final decision on parting ways with the religious alliance.
Sami keeps saying he's going to dump the MMA, but he never quite does it...
He has also challenged MMA acting chief, Qazi Hussain Ahmad and its central leader, Maulana Fazlur Rehman to contest election against him in any constituency in NWFP to assess their political standing claiming that MMA owes to his party for winning 65 seats of national assembly and office of chief minister in the province. He expressed these views in an exclusive interview with Online on Friday. Maulana Samiul Haq made it clear that his party has not withdrawn from its decision for parting ways with MMA in the event of non-acceptance of their demands. Two major component parties of MMA did not take our demands seriously, nor their leadership has contacted me, he alleged. He went on to say that offer extended by these parties for giving a berth in the provincial government to JUI-S is deplorable.
Not enough boodle involved, huh? Tusk tusk.
“We will not accept this offer”, he added. Spelling out the causes on taking the decision for leaving MMA, he said that his party’s differences with religious alliance are based on principles. MMA has deviated from its targets of enforcement of Islamic Sharia in the country and become part of the government by compromising on LFO.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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