For all the revulsion over almost-weekly suicide attacks, conservative religious folk of the area have more immediate concerns, such as a lack of jobs, rising food prices, power outages and gas shortages that left them without heat over the winter. Discredited: The clerics who have held power in NWFP as well as politicians aligned with the unpopular Musharraf have become discredited. NWFP Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) President Qari Gul Naseeb says his alliance of religious parties will do better than ever because it is the least corrupt. That claim doesnÂ’t jibe with what many people think.