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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...
on Friday announced it would stage a 'long march' on Islamabad and hold a sit-in outside the Prime Minister's House if the original China-Pakistain Economic Corridor project was not executed.
The announcement was made by JI provincial chief Mushtaq Ahmad Khan during the party's sit-in staged outside the Governor's House to protest the 'change' in the CPEC original plan.
The sit-in staged on the busy Sher Shah Suri Road from 2pm to 5pm was attended by a large number of JI workers.
The activists of the Qaumi Watan Party, 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...
-Sami and Pakhtunkhwa Olasi Tehrik were also in attendance.
Holding banners and placards, the protesters shouted slogans against the federal government insisting injustice has been done to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
, Sindh and Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
over the CPEC project.
The sit-in caused massive traffic jam on several arteries linked to Sher Shah Suri Road for almost three hours to the misery of motorists and commuters.
JI provincial chief Mushtaq Ahmad said federal minister for planning and development Ahsan Iqbal had been reluctant to disclose details of the CPEC project.