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JUI-Sami to part ways with MMA
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Sami has decided to quit the six-party religious alliance Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) at provincial level and withdraw support for the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) to protest the governmentâs ânon-cooperative attitudeâ to the alliance. âIt is hoped the consultative body will approve the decision,â MMAâs NWFP President and JUI-S provincial chief Qazi Abdul Latif told Daily Times on Sunday. JUI-S Secretary General Maulana Yousaf Shah told Daily Times that the NWFP Assemblyâs Deputy Speaker Akram Ullah would resign if the consultative body confirmed the general bodyâs decision. Mr Akram Ullah is the only representative from the JUI-S in the NWFP government. Mr Qazi said, âWe shall remain part of the MMA at central level, because there are no differences on constitutional, national and international issues.â He said it would be the biggest lie if somebody said there was an MMA government in the NWFP.
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He said actually there was a two-party government in the NWFP, and the JUI-Fazl and Jamaat-e-Islami parliamentary members had converted their constituencies into their estates.
| Sami's ego's offended that he's only third man on the totem pole, if that... |
Mr Qazi said the JUI-F was playing a double game because on one hand, it opposed the Jamali government while on the other it got development projects approved for their constituencies. âHafiz Hussain Ahmad got a project approved by the federal government quietly,â he added.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-09-29 |
