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| 'Fazl befooled MMA leadership over alliance revival' |
| 2010-08-07 |
| Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman befooled the entire Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) leadership in the name of revival of the six-party religio-political alliance, as he just wanted to use meetings of the defunct MMA to press the government to secure chairmanship of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), said Sahibzada Abul Khair Muhammad Zubair, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) Sindh president. "He (Fazl) does not want to quit the government in the Centre and still continues pressing the MMA leadership to convene meetings of the defunct party, despite a clear stance of the rest of the religious parties that revival of the alliance is impossible until and unless the JUI-F quits the government in the Centre," Zubair said while talking to Daily Times. He said Fazl, by participating in the meetings, just wanted to make the government believe that he is more interested in reviving the religio-political platform and was going to quit the government to pressurise it on a number of political issues. Zubair, who was to host the fourth meeting of the religious parties to discuss the issue of the alliance's revival, said Fazl had been clearly told in the last meeting that no more meetings will be taking place unless he quit the government and announce it in the meeting. "We have now linked the convening of the next meeting with his (Fazl's) announcement to quit the government, otherwise I won't convene and host the meeting," he added. Announcement: Providing details of previous meetings, the JUP Sindh president said Fazl demanded the leadership of the defunct MMA first announce the alliance's revival after which he would announce his exit from the government, but he said the other parties did not trust him. In fact, the rest of the leadership asked him to first announce his exit openly and then pursue the revival. But Fazl did not respond positively to the demand, he added. Zubair observed that the entire leadership of the defunct MMA was convinced that Fazl had used the previous meetings as a tool to pressurise the government to secure the chairmanship of the CII and other political benefits. He said convening of the next meeting would mean that Fazl had decided to quit the government, otherwise any such meetings would be a waste of time. So far, the three meetings of the religious parties have been unable to reach a consensus on the revival of the MMA with Fazl wanting to continue in the Centre as well. Hence, hopes for the revival of the six-party religious alliance fade for the time being. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 "Fazl befooled.." There's a pastafazool joke in here somewhere..... |
| Posted by: Elmort the Bunyip7570 2010-08-07 15:10 |
| #1 "Befooled"? Bewildered, bewitched or bumfuzzled maybe. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2010-08-07 12:57 |