Differences between the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam factions of Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Maulana Samiul Haq are increasing, with both accusing the other of seeking government favour.
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The JUI-F and JUI-S are partners in the six-party Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA). âMaulana Fazl could serve a notice on Sami for violating the constitution of the alliance in his capacity as secretary of the MMA,â sources in the alliance told Daily Times on Wednesday. Mr Haq and his son Maulana Hamid-ul-Haqani were recently selected as chairmen of standing committees on religious affairs and local government respectively. Mr Haq was scathing about the MMA deal with the government on the Legal Framework Order (LFO) under which they accepted General Pervez Musharraf as a president in uniform for one year. âI followed the example of Maulana Fazl, who has made a deal with the government to become opposition leader in the National Assembly and now wants half of the boodle standing committee chairs for his party,â Mr Haq said to Daily Times. âWe congratulate him for achieving the status he has tried so hard to achieve and create a rift within the MMA,â said Hafiz Riaz Durrani, the central information secretary of the JUI-F. Mr Durrani said the MMA supreme council would decide whether to serve a notice on Mr Haq for violating the constitution of the alliance. âMaulana Fazl was nominated the MMA candidate for opposition leader by the approval of the supreme council and Maulana Sami also supported the decision,â he said.
About the supreme council serving him a notice, Mr Haq said his party would decide what to do once a notice was served, but added that neither Mr Rehman nor Qazi Hussain Ahmed, acting president of the MMA, had the authority to serve a notice on him. âI am the founder of the alliance and am now serving as the senior vice-president. I had the right to be president of the alliance after the death of Maulana Noorani,â his ego he said. |