...Assembly of Islamic Clergy, or JUI, is a Pak Deobandi (Hanafi) political party. There are two main branches, one led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, and one led by Maulana Samiul Haq. Fazl is active in Pak politix and Sami spends more time running his madrassah. Both branches sponsor branches of the Taliban, though with plausible deniability...
(JUI-F) chief
Maulana Fazlur RehmanDeobandi holy man, known as
Mullah Dieselduring the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty ...
has said that the country's western border has become insecure due to wrong policies of the government.
Addressing party workers here at Haq Nawaz Park, the JUI-F chief showed his optimism about restoration of peace in tribal areas, saying that the all parties conference in Islamabad in this regard had been successful.
He said that people wanted peace and stability and his party in collaboration with the tribal people would restore peace in the area. He said that the TTP had also welcomed the joint declaration of the APC, which was a positive development.
"I appreciate the Taliban's response," he said. On this occasion, former MPAs Abdul Halim Qasuria and Nawabzada Yameen Khan also joined the JUI-F.
Mr Rehman said that the coalition partners at the centre and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
had agreed for talks with the TTP, when the US started dialogues with Taliban in Afghanistan.
He said that the JUI-F was in favour of talks and opposed to use of force.
He said that the US started talks with Taliban after facing humiliation in Afghanistan and here the outgoing government was also begging for peace.
The JUI-F chief said that the federal government had announced package for Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
, but could not end the sense of deprivation among the Baloch young.