Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP), a component party of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) in North West Frontier Province (NWFP), has said that it will quit the six-party religious alliance if it is denied representation in the NWFP cabinet.
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JUP provincial Secretary General Owais Qadri told Daily Times on Monday that the MMA in its September 22 meeting had decided that the JUP would be given a ministry and an advisorâs slot in five days but the government did not do so. He said his party had decided to boycott all official and non-official meetings including the Nifaz-e-Sharia Council meeting till the MMA provincial cabinet meeting on October 20. Mr Qadri, who is also provincial deputy secretary general of the MMA, said his party would withdraw from the alliance if it did not accept their demands. âWe are sure the government will not accommodate us. However, we shall wait till the MMA meeting,â he said.
Mr Qadri said that the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl and Jamaat-e-Islami, both majority parties in the MMA, controlled all government affairs while the rest were ignored. âSmaller parties have been also ignored in the Zakat committee,â he added.
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He said all development funds had been diverted to Bannu, the home district of the chief minister, whereas Peshawar and other areas had been deprived. |