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2005-08-11 Afghanistan/South Asia
MMA won’t support Sami for Senate
The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) will not support Maulana Samiul Haq, chief of a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam faction, in elections for senator in the NWFP if he has to retire from the Senate after the upcoming draw. “The MMA leadership is very clear: Samiul Haq will not be given an MMA ticket,” sources in the religious parties alliance told Daily Times. They said the draw to determine which senators would get a three-year tenure and which would get a six-year tenure would most likely be in October.

The sources said that Haq had angered alliance leaders with his repeated violations of discipline since becoming senator. Haq had made public statements criticising the central leadership of the MMA and the alliance’s policies, and been absent from MMA meetings for several months. Haq and his son Maulana Hamidul Haq Haqqani had also accepted positions as chairmen of standing committees of parliament, despite MMA objections. Another reason was that Haq, along with Senator Prof Sajid Mir, had refused to support the nomination of Senator Prof Khurshid Ahmed of the MMA for the slot of leader of the opposition in the Senate. Haq’s JUI faction only has two seats in the NWFP Assembly, meaning it will be difficult for him to be elected senator again without the support of the MMA. The division of the JUI-S has made Haq’s task even more difficult, as the splinter group led by Qari Gul Rehman will certainly oppose his re-election.
Posted by Fred 2005-08-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Is that Dustin Hoffman in Ishtar?
Posted by Raj 2005-08-11 01:11||   2005-08-11 01:11|| Front Page Top

#2 No, but that is his shirt...
Posted by tu3031 2005-08-11 14:43||   2005-08-11 14:43|| Front Page Top

#3 that's the Johnny Damon fake beard worn in game 5 last year
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2005-08-11 15:48||   2005-08-11 15:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Well Ima obviously RantVille.
RantBurg is the Majros.
Posted by Shipman 2005-08-11 18:26||   2005-08-11 18:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Shipman!

If we enter the Cuban Corner dressed like that, Joaquin might serve us some free flan!
Posted by Glolusing Flereth5459 2005-08-11 18:35|| http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com]">[http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com]  2005-08-11 18:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Libres all around!
Posted by Shipman 2005-08-11 19:11||   2005-08-11 19:11|| Front Page Top

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