Maulana Samiul Haq, head of a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) faction, has threatened to quit the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) if his party's complaints are not taken seriously by the alliance's leadership and the NWFP government.
Mr Haq told Daily Times on Friday the JUI-S provincial Majlis-e-Shoora would meet on October 5 and decide whether to stay in or leave the MMA. "It will be a provincial matter but if the Shoora's advice is to quit the MMA in the centre as well, we will seriously consider it," he said. He said his party was thinking of quitting because Qazi Hussain Ahmed of the Jamaat-e-Islami had not kept his promise to include JUI-S members in the provincial government. "Qazi Hussain Ahmad is responsible for the whole situation. We sacrificed our seats for the Jamaat. Even Qazi could not have won his seat without our support," Mr Haq said. "Qazi had agreed with me that JI candidates would also consider JUI-S candidates and we gave his party our traditional seats, including the National Assembly seat from Nowshera that Qazi won. But when the MMA formed government in the NWFP, Qazi and Maulana Fazlur Rehman settled matters between them and ignored the alliance's smaller parties," Mr Haq said. "Now Qazi is not ready to listen us."
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Mr Haq denied that the NWFP government or Mr Rehman had contacted him and reached a settlement. "They allege that the JUI-S is being used by the agencies to break the alliance. I have never met with a secret agency official, but Hafiz Hussain Ahmad spends most of his time with them. He should explain what is on his agenda and what deal is being made with the government".
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