National Assembly Opposition Leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday said that foreign hands were involved in suicide bombings in the country.We guessed that. They usually are. I'm guessing it's Paraguay this time...
Rehman, who is also Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUIF) chief was inquiring about the health of Charsadda blast victims at the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH), where he told reporters that foreign militants were involved in suicide bombing in the country. He said “hidden hands” were behind the Taliban’s resurgence in DI Khan, Bannu, Tank and Lakki Marwat districts.
Hidden hands engaged in nefarious plots, by Gad! I knew it all the time!
He said local Taliban were being labelled as militants for leading their lives in accordance with the Shariah in the southern districts.
And forcing everybody around them to lead their lives the same way, like it or not...
He said the MMA had already issued a fatwa (decree) calling suicide attacks haram (unlawful) in Islam, and had asked suicide bombers to refrain from tarnishing IslamÂ’s image by carrying out such acts. He added that the federal government should stop politicising issues and blaming NWFP for worsening the law and order situation.
Reacting to Information and Broadcasting Minister Muhammad Ali DurraniÂ’s statement that the provincial government had failed to maintain law and order in NWFP, Rehman said the federal government should improve the law and order situation throughout the country rather than issuing controversial statements. He said the MMA was ready to play its due role in maintaining law and order and added that the federal government should take notice of the rising street crimes and killings in Punjab and Sindh.
The MMA secretary general said that bans on barbers, issuance of threatening letters to CD shops and imposition of fines on people in southern districts and FATA were a drama staged by “hidden hands”. He said the NWFP government was capable of thwarting this “drama” by maintaining the government’s writ.
It is for the first time during the MMA’s four-year rule that the NWFP government is facing the threat of Talibanisation, as local Taliban have started taking law into their own hands in several southern districts, including Bannu – the hometown of NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani.