...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) chairman Imran Khan
... aka
Taliban Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality problems...
has stated that he will take
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 ...
to court for calling him an agent of the Jews, DawnNews reported.
Speaking at a presser in Islamabad, he said that Maulana Fazlur Rehman should tell the people as to who secretly met with the US Amabassador and expressed his wish to become the prime minister.
Imran Khan said that a legal notice will soon be sent to the Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam
...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...
(JUI-F) chief.
The JUI-F chief has made statements in the past attacking Imran Khan. Tensions between the two politicians reached a new level after the May 11 General Elections.
Maulana Fazlur Rehman had denounced the PTI win in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
and stated that the polls were rigged.
He also said that he did not accept the PTI's mandate in the province.
Maulana Fazlur Rehman has also called Imran Khan a "western agent" and claimed that Khan wants to destroy Pak society by injecting his 'western thoughts' in it,
Imran Khan on the other hand has also returned criticism at the JUI-F chief stating that Fazlur Rehman had been using religion for political gains.
The PTI chief has also said that people like his JUI-F counterpart have given Islam a bad name.