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India-Pakistan
Pashtun leaders pay high price as voters demand change
2018-08-06
[ARABNEWS] Pakistain’s election has stunned heavyweight Pashtun religious and nationalist leaders who were "wiped out" at the polls as voters rejected political dynasties in favor of change.

The poll results surprised many at home and abroad with the defeat of veteran Pashtun leaders such as 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 (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman
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