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| Factionalism hits Tehreek-i-Labbaik at the outset |
| 2017-12-02 |
| [DAWN] The future political stakes of the Tehrik-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah hang in the balance as its internal rifts are widening. The Tehrik-e-Labbaik Pakistain (TLP), being touted as the political face of the Tehrik-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah, has begun disowning the faction led by Dr Ashraf Asif Jalali. The fact came to the fore when TLP chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi, who had led the Islamabad protest, disowned the Lahore sit-in in a TV talk show on Thursday. Pir Afzal Qadri from Gujranwala, another central character of the Faizabad sit-in, has already formed his own faction of the Tehrik-e-Labbaik. The sit-in by the Jalali-led Tehrik-e-Labbaik outside the Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Assembly building on The Mall entered the sixth day on Thursday as the protesters, numbering not more than a few dozens, pegged their tents at one of the busiest intersections of the city, sending the traffic out of gear to the disadvantage of the Lahorites. The Lahore sit-in was started by the Jalali-led Tehrik-e-Labbaik following reports of police operation against the participants of the Faizabad sit-in on Saturday (Nov 25) morning. The protesters had blocked the main entrance to Islamabad for about three weeks, demanding that the federal law minister resign admitting responsibility for deleting a clause from the law relating to Khatm-e-Nubuwat oath taken by Moslem candidates. The Islamabad episode culminated in an agreement brokered by the army between the federal government and the protesters led by fiery ...a single two-syllable word carrying connotations of both incoherence and viciousness. A fiery delivery implies an audience of rubes and yokels, preferably forming up into a mob... holy man Khadim Rizvi. But ironically, their colleagues in Lahore led by Dr Asif Jalali didn’t accept that in the first hint of grouping within the outfit. Apparently grieved at being ignored in the agreement with the federal government, Dr Jalali told the media that "qisas for 70 deaders of Khatm-e-Nubuwat was not incorporated in it". He also sought the resignation of Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah for allegedly speaking for the Ahmadi community’s rights in a TV show. Dr Jalali had earlier staged an eight-day sit-in close to D-Chowk in Islamabad. The protest missed media limelight and ended on Nov 3 after an assurance from the government that the Raja Zafarul Haq-led committee’s report on the controversial law would be made public within 20 days. He insists on continuing the Lahore protest until Mr Sanaullah steps down. Insiders say that besides making other offers, the PML-N government in Punjab has also promised to politically accommodate the Tehrik-e-Labbaik by conceding a certain number of seats to it in the coming general elections. Already heading Tehrik Siraat-e-Mustaqeem, Dr Jalali claims that he had formed Tehrik-e-Labbaik the day Mumtaz Qadri ‐ a police guard who killed former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer ‐ was hanged on Feb 29 last year while Khadim Rizvi headed the TLP formed in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... in August 2015. |
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