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| Opp requisitions NWFP Assembly for Sharia enforcement |
| 2004-08-31 |
| The opposition in the NWFP Assembly requisitioned the assembly session on Tuesday, submitting a nine-point agenda. Opposition Leader Shahzada Gustasip, Awami National Party parliamentary leader Bashir Ahmed Bilour, and the Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) parliamentary leader Abdul Akbar Khan handed over the requisition with 41 signatures to Acting Speaker Ikramullah Shahid. The agenda includes the non-implementation of Sharia, revival of the District Development Advisory Committee (DDAC) Act, formation of zakat and ushr standing committees, law and order, block allocation and umbrella projects in the Annual Development Programme (ADP), postings, transfers and appointment of class-4 employees and inflation and unemployment, Anwar Kamal Marwat, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) parliamentary leader, told Daily Times. Mr Marwat said the opposition had not planned any strategy for the upcoming session, claiming that the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) was in disarray and faced with differences and divisions among its component parties. The PML-N leader said a non-elected individual Mufti Kafayatullah, an MMA leader, was asking for the resignation of the deputy speaker who belonged to the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Sami (JUI-Sami). Mr Marwat said NWFP Senior Minister Sirajul Haq from the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) had condemned Kafayatullah's statement asking for the resignation of the deputy speaker. Mr Marwat said the non-implementation of Sharia was at the top of the agenda as the six-party religious alliance had failed to implement the Sharia Bill despite the fact that the assembly had passed it. He said the MMA was bringing a bad name to the assembly and fooling people in the name of Islam. |
| Posted by:Fred |