Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Sami (JUI-S), a component of the right-wing Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), on Tuesday threatened the six-party allianceâs future by announcing its decision to leave the alliance in protest against what it called âthe JUI-Fazl-dominated governmentâs unacceptable behaviourâ.
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Briefing journalists after a provincial cabinet meeting, JUI-S provincial chief Qazi Abdul Latif said the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and the JUI-Fazl were bent on âdestroyingâ the MMA.
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âWhat JUI-Fazl workers did on Monday in Mardan strengthened our belief that the MMA can no longer function,â said Mr Latif, who is also the MMA provincial president. âWe waited for 10 months, hoping for the situation to improve, but it hasnât. Now we have decided to reorganise our party to make it a popular one,â he said, adding the JUI would not participate in MMA and provincial government activity. Mr Latif presided over the JUI-S meeting in which the dramatic decision to leave the alliance was reached after Speaker Bakht Jehan Khanâs approval of Shehzada Gustasip Khan, an independent parliamentarian, as leader of the opposition despite Law Minister Malik Zafar Azamâs strong objection.
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âThe provincial leaders have asked the provincial and central JUI-S councils to approve the decision,â he added. However, JUI-S NWFP General Secretary Maulana Yousaf Shah told Daily Times that his party would stay in the MMA but would withdraw support for Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani.
âThe partyâs provincial council would take a final decision within 10 days,â he added. The JUI-S has two members in the NWFP Assembly and the National Assembly alike. Ikramullah Shahid, the deputy speaker in the provincial assembly, has announced that he would resign if his party asked him to do so.
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