...the political wing of the Pak Taliban...
-F (JUI-F) chief
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 ...
said Thursday that his party did not fully support the idea of establishing military courts to try
Fazl was speaking to media representatives in the federal capital after addressing scholars of religious seminaries at a meeting.
He said that when the government had put forward the proposal of establishing military courts in yesterday's meeting, experts present there questioned the constitutional status of these tribunals. He said although his party did not support the idea of military courts as a matter of principle, it could still do so in view of the recent acts of terrorism.
"It is incorrect to say that JUI-F endorses the idea of constituting military courts to try suspected terrorists," he said.
In yesterday's meeting, it was debated that certain laws and regulations have failed in prosecuting
Fazl said the country's leadership should remain united when it comes to forward planning for the nation.
"It is unfortunate that whenever we [leaders] have united, it has only been after an incident of immense gravity such as the Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
school massacre," he said.
Separately, the JUI-F chief said that seminaries and religious parties have always supported communal harmony and discouraged militancy.