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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...
to leave some vice-chairman posts in the upazila elections.
A day before making an announcement in this regard, the party along with some other organizations on Sunday formed a human chain in front of the National Press Club protesting BNP Chairperson
Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
and her son Tarique Rahman
...the elder son of former President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman Bir Uttam, and Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He is the Senior Vice Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). His nickname is
Pino. There are allegations that Pino took a rakeoff from every foreign investment into the country while Mom was in office...
's claim that party founder Ziaur Rahman was the first president of the country.
However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...
the party claimed that they did not join the human chain programme.
When asked about the reason behind the decision taken by the NAP, BNP assistant office secretary Abdul Latif Jony said he does not know anything about it.
Few months ago, Jatiya Party
...aka Jatiya Front; a political party established by Bangladictator Lieutenant General Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1986 to lend a veneer of respectability to his rule. Since nobody was amused he was forced to resign by popular demand in 1990. The party remains in existence with about a dozen seats in Bangla's parliament...
leader Kazi Zafar Ahmed joined the BNP-led 18-party combine and then it turned into a 19-party alliance.
At a presser held at the National Press Club in the city yesterday, NAP President Sheikh Anwarul Haque said that they severed relations with the BNP-led alliance as his party was with the combine in name only.
"We are cutting off ties with the alliance to strengthen our party at grass roots level. We do not have any conflict with the BNP or any other party in the alliance," he told the Dhaka Tribune.
The party was not getting proper evaluation from the alliance, the NAP chief said at the presser.