LAHORE: The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) will observe âthanksgiving dayâ today to celebrate the approval of Sharia Bill in the NWFP Assembly, said the MMA Supreme Council in a press statement on Thursday. Separately, talking to reporters at the residence of Pir Ijaz Hashmi, a central leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP), following a meeting of the Supreme Council at the Doctorsâ Hospital on Thursday, MMA President Shah Ahmad Noorani said the coalition of religious parties (MMA) would start its protest movement from June 10 against what he called the unconstitutional and undemocratic acts of the federal government against the NWFP government. He said the MMA would organize rallies in Sargodha and Karachi on June 10 and June 20. âIf the government does not change its attitude after our rallies... resists the process of Islamisation in the country and does not stop interference in the NWFP affairs, the MMA will call a âMillion Marchâ in Islamabad,â said Mr Noorani.
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When asked about the date of the march, MNA Liaqat Baloch stood up at once and said, âIf President Musharraf does not give timeframe for taking off his uniform, why shall we announce the date of the march.â The meeting was convened at the Doctorâs Hospital because Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussein Ahmad is admitted there and doctors did no allow him to leave the hospital. Except Maulana Samiul Haq, chief of his own faction of the JUI, all other chiefs of the component parties of the MMA attended the meeting.
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It is learnt that differences between Maulana Sami and the component parties of the MMA are growing. JUI-S headquarters in Akora Khattak confirmed that Maulana Sami was not invited to the meeting. Maulana Fazlur Rehman said Gen Musharraf was busy in hatching conspiracies and the farce of nazimsâ resignation was the brainchild of National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) Chairman Daniyal Aziz. He said the NWFP government was strong enough to effectively cope with such a drama.
| Yes! I knew it! Conspiracies afoot! Deep-laid plots! Clandestine meetings in the dark of the night among men of sinister visage! |
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