Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Senior (JUI-S) of Pir Abdur Rahim Naqshbandi has refused to make an alliance with the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM), indicating differences in Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA). We will not follow the instructions and agenda of the APDM as our party is not part of the alliance, said JUI-S General Secretary MNA Qari Gul Rehman while talking to Daily Times.
| JUI-S used to be JUI-Sami. Naqshbandis are generically Sufis -- one of Zark's calculated atrocities was to dig up a Naqshbandi grave in Kurdistan -- but I believe this one has jumped ship and become a Deobandi or worse. Mullah Sandwich was bounced from his namesake party when his ego outgrew the MMA. That was back when Perv was in top form. |
Rehman said the JUI-S was still part of the MMA, however, it had nothing to do with the APDM. He said the APDM included the parties that had taken part in agitation against late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1977, while the JUI-S did not support them at that time. He said that while the MMA was a political alliance, sometime its top leaders took dictatorial decisions and the MMA leadership neither took the JUI-S into confidence nor discussed matters pertaining to its merger with the APDM with JUI-S leaders.
Rehman also criticised the MMA leadership for casting doubts on JUI-S members because of their support for President General Pervez Musharraf. However, Rehman added that neither he nor his party was ready to support Musharraf in current political scenario. Asked about his request to the MMA for fielding a presidential candidate from his party, Rehman said the request was pending with MMA President Qazi Hussain Ahmed. |