...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...
-Fazl (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 ...
on Monday dissociated him and his party member from ongoing dialogue process between government and Pak Taliban which according to him would prove 'ineffective'.
Addressing a presser following a meeting of the party's advisory committee, he said that JUI-F would not join the current dialogue process. He said that decision was taken unanimously by the JUI-F members.
"I pray for the success of peace talks but I am not hopeful that talks would succeed," said Fazlur Rehman.
Describing reasons for distancing his party from dialogue, the JUI-F chief said that they were neither consulted nor informed about the government's decision to initiate peace talks with Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP).
Maulana Fazlur Rehman also expressed his reservations over his party proposed Jirga system being ignored in grinding of the peace processor, which he emphasized enjoyed the trust of both the Taliban and political parties.
"Mufti Kifayatullah will not be part of the committee suggested by the TTP for negotiation with the government," he said reacting to inclusion of the JUI-F leader in Taliban's negotiating team.
Earlier, Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan
... aka
Taliban Khan, who isn't your heaviest-duty thinker, maybe not even among the top five...
also said that he will not act as a representative for the five-member committee nominated by the Pak Taliban to further dialogue with government negotiators.
The Tehrik-e-Taliban had nominated the names of Imran Khan, Maulana Samiul Haq
...the
Godfather of the Taliban,leader of his own faction of the JUI. Known as
Mullah Sandwichfor his habit of having two young boys at a time...
, former chief holy man of the Lal Masjid Maulana Abdul Aziz, Professor Mohammad Ibrahim of the Jamaat-e-Islami
...
The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
(JI) and Mufti Kifayatullah.
Earlier last week, Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
said his government had decided to pursue peace talks with Talibs to end years of violence despite a recent spate of attacks.
The premier had named a four-member committee comprising his Advisor on National Affairs Irfan Siddique, veteran journalist Rahimullah Yusufzai, former ambassador and expert on Afghanistan affairs Rustam Shah Mohmand and former ISI official Major (retd) Amir Shah to facilitate the dialogue.