...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...
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 ...
has said that the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
government should not pressurise the federal government for holding peace talks with Taliban.
Talking to journalists before attending the party's provincial Shura meeting here at the JUI-F central secretariat on Saturday, he also said that Taliban were sincere in meaningful dialogue with the government to end violence in the region.
He reiterated that tribal jirga was the proper forum to facilitate negotiations between the government and Taliban. Referring to the statements of the provincial ministers in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa Assembly who criticised the centre for delay in starting talks with Taliban, Mr Rehman said that the coalition government should not exert unnecessary pressure on the federal government.
He said that people running the government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa had no political experience and they should let responsible quarters to work out a strategy for negotiations with Taliban. KP Senior Minister Sirajul Haq had told the provincial assembly on Friday that if the federal government failed to negotiate peace with Taliban, then the provincial government would assume the responsibility.