...Assembly of Islamic Clergy, or JUI, is a Pak Deobandi (Hanafi) political party. There are two main branches, one led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, and one led by Maulana Samiul Haq. Fazl is active in Pak politix and Sami spends more time running his madrassah. Both branches sponsor branches of the Taliban, though with plausible deniability...
Maulana Fazlur RehmanDeobandi holy man, known as
Mullah Dieselduring the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty ...
has threatened to block supply of goods to NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization....
forces in Afghanistan by force if government ignores the conditions laid down by parliament in this regard.
"We have asked the government to follow the recommendations of parliament in restoring NATO supply otherwise we will resist it by force. JUI-F has already chalked out a comprehensive strategy in this regard," he told a conference of his party in Battagram on Saturday.
Maulana Fazl delivered a short speech on the occasion amid tight security as rumours were in circulation that two suicides bombers had entered the city.
He said that America and NATO forces killed soldiers at Salala checkpost but the government wanted to restore supply of arms to them through Pakistain.
"If government wishes to restore NATO supply by its own to please America and NATO and bypasses the recommendations of parliamentary committee then it should get ready to face the consequences," the JUI-F chief said.
He said that the apex court should deliver a clear verdict about the fate of the prime minister. "We agree with other political parties in their demand about resignation of prime minister on moral grounds but what we can do in these circumstances when court is silent about his fate," said Mr Rehman.
He urged people to come out for enforcement of Sharia in the country. He said that people were bearing the brunt of the corruption of rulers.
Mr Rehman hoped that his party would win the next general elections.