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 ...
late Friday said that formation of an authoritative grand tribal "Jirga" has passed a message to world community that serious peace initiatives has got underway for bringing durable peace in FATA and KP by holding talks with the thug leadership.
The Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam
...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...
-Fazl chief was briefing media representatives along with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
Governor Engineer Shaukatullah after chairing a meeting of the 87 members grand tribal Jirga at the governor house.
Fazlur Rehman said the national leadership has given unanimous mandate to the tribal Jirga for holding talks with the Pak Taliban leadership, who according to him have welcomed the declaration of the JUI-F sponsored All Parties Conference (APC), held in Islamabad on Thursday.
He thanked the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) leadership for giving positive response to the peace efforts and said that the Taliban leaders demonstrated sagacity by welcoming formation of the grand tribal Jirga.