Expansion in the North Western Frontier Province (NWFP) cabinet will not help end differences in the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) as two of the alliance component parties have refused to accept portfolios in the provincial government. NWFP Amir of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Samiul Haq (JUI-S) Qazi Abdul Latif told Daily Times that his party would not accept any such offer before the party Shura approved it. âOur party has some reservations and we will not join the MMA government until they are removed,â he said. He said that MMA leaders Qazi Hussain Ahmad and Maulana Fazlur Rehman should meet JUI-S chief Maulana Samiul Haq to remove his partyâs misgivings. âIf the MMA leaders fail to remove our reservations, we may quit the alliance for good,â he said.
| "So there you have it. More boodle, or we walk." |
The Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) has also expressed its unwillingness to accept the slot of the adviser to the NWFP chief minister. JUP Provincial Amir Owais Ahmad Qadri told Daily Times that his party had already separated from the MMA and there was no question of accepting a government slot. âAs we are now not part of the MMA, there is no question of joining the NWFP government,â he said.
| "We can organize our own lunacy, thank you." |
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