Qazi Hussain Ahmad has refused to continue in the office as Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) emir, but the party executive council has requested that he not leave the office, sources inside the JI informed daily Times on Saturday. Sources claimed that Qazi Hussain Ahmad in the executive council meeting on last Monday said that he was tired and his health would not allow him to continue.
| Qazi's got kidney stones and a bad heart, both, I'd guess, the result of too much rich food. His rhetorical style consists of being indignant about most things, which can't help his blood pressure... |
Mr Qazi was hospitalised last June for a heart problem and doctors had advised him to take a long rest. But Mr Qazi remained engaged in the activities of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and JI. Now doctors once again suggested him to rest, sources said. According to the sources, JI leaders have urged Qazi to continue his office, since he is the only leader who can unite the MMA and boost party morale. Meanwhile sources said if Mr Qazi did not contest the upcoming election as JI ameer, then Syed Manawar Hassan, Prof Ghafoor Ahmad and Liaqat Baloch would be proposed as the candidates for the office. JI has 15,000 permanent members around the country that would cast their votes in the election. According to sources, preparations for the elections to be held next month have been started. The results will be announced in April.
| My money'd be on Liaqat, who's the most thuggish of the three... |
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