...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...
, Maulana Samiul Haq
...the
Godfather of the Taliban,leader of his own faction of the JUI. Known as
Mullah Sandwichfor his habit of having two young boys at a time...
on Saturday appealed to all parties (religious or political) trying to free Pakistain from US slavery to contest elections from a single platform.
Addressing a presser after a meeting of the five-party alliance Muttahida Deeni Mahaz (MDM), Haq warned JUI-F chief
Maulana Fazlur RehmanDeobandi holy man, known as
Mullah Dieselduring the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty ...
against attempting "solo flight," which can "weaken anti-US alliance and strengthen hands of enemies of Islam and Pakistain."
He was flanked by other heads of MDM parties: Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat
...which is the false nose and plastic mustache of the murderous
bannedextremist group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain, whatcha might call the
political wingof Lashkar-e-Jhangvi...
(ASWJ) chief Maulana Muhammad Ahmad Ludhianvi, Jamaat Ahle Hadith chief Ibtesam Elahi Zaheer, JUI-Nazriati leader Zubair Bari, JUP-SA chief Pir Mehfooz Masahdi and Tehrik Tahaffuz Pakistain (TTP) Punjab leader Engr Imtiaz Ahmad.
Earlier, the MDM decided to contest elections on single manifesto and symbol -- ladder. They also fully supported the recent electoral reforms in the nomination form and appealed to the Election Commission not to back down on the pressure of ruling parties. They also condemned the treasury and opposition members for not consulting other parties outside the parliament for the caretaker set-up.
Replying to a question at the presser, Samiual Haq denied talks with the Taliban or trying to play guarantor for any potential agreement. "The government and Taliban are the parties in the talks and if they need any guarantee it must be the
army," he said.
"Foreign agents roaming in the country were trying to fan sectarianism by targeting different sects and the media and the government were following the Western lead by deflecting the blame on the Taliban," he claimed.
Maulana Ludhianvi warned the Punjab government against detention of ASWJ workers and said PML-N would face "consequences" for victimising those workers. He reminded Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif that ASWJ had withdrawn its candidate against him in Bhakkar elections otherwise he would not have been sitting in the assembly.