...Assembly of Islamic Clergy, or JUI, is a Pak Deobandi (Hanafi) political party. There are two main branches, one led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, and one led by Maulana Samiul Haq. Fazl is active in Pak politix and Sami spends more time running his madrassah. Both branches sponsor branches of the Taliban, though with plausible deniability...
leader and former chief minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that the election boycott by Jamaat-e-Islami
...
The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
in 2008 had badly affected Pakhtuns in the region.
Addressing 'Islam Zindabad conference' at Khaima Balambat here on Sunday, he said that the political scenario would have been different had the JI taken part in the previous election.
Other JUI-F leaders who spoke on the occasion include Gul Naseeb Khan, Rahat Hussain, Dir Lower amir Qazi Fazlullah and provincial vice chief Maulana Attaur Rahman.
Mr Durrani said that life, property and dignity of people in the region had not been secured during last five years.
"Lawlessness has been damaging the state's integrity and no one is feeling secure in the country," he said, adding that the present rulers had failed to satisfy people of the province.
He said that people of Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
were fed up with the present government, as it had done nothing for their welfare. He said that the JUI-F leadership paved the way for talks with Taliban, but the federal government was still hesitating in this regard. "The centre does not allow Maulana Fazlur Rahman to go ahead with the talks," he said.
Other JUI-F leaders said that the ruling PPP and ANP had miserably failed to solve people's problems despite their pro-people slogans. On this occasion, several people belonging to Talash, Lajbok, Maidan and Timergara announced to join the JUI-F.