[Dawn] Differences have cropped up between the Nowshera chapters of Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf...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....
and 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...
as Jamaat leaders are openly criticising the PTI-led coalition government for ignoring its workers in jobs and other matters.
Sources said that Chief Minister Pervez Khattak had made a complaint to Jamaat-e-Islami provincial chief Prof Ibrahim about the new developments.
"He also suggested setting up a joint coordination committee to chalk out future line of action," sources in the JI said.
They said that the proposed names for the joint coordination committee included JI district chief Merajuddin, Shabaab-e-Milli district president Iftikhar Ahmad and Asif Luqman while on provincial level Senior Minister Sirajul Haq would represent the party.
Quoting JI local leadership, the sources said that they had set January 30 deadline for the provincial government to devise a clear formula for sharing developmental works with the coalition partners.
In case of the PTI's failure, the Nowshera chapter of JI would start a protest movement to pressurise its leadership to part ways with the PTI, they said.
The local JI leaders have criticised new appointments in health department and workers welfare board, alleging that the PTI-led government had ignored coalition parties in sharing the jobs.
The sources said that the PTI could get 50 per cent share in all jobs while the remaining 50 per cent should be distributed among the allied partners, including JI and Qaumi Watan Party.
In this connection, when JI district chief Merajuddin was contacted he said that his party had not given any deadline for launching agitation nor was there any grouping in the Jamaat.
He, however, said that they had registered complaints with the provincial JI amir against the attitude of PTI local leadership with their activists.
Mr Merajuddin also said that the JI provincial amir had issued a press statement that all matters with the PTI-led government were moving in the right direction.