The government has evolved a strategy to counter the MMA mass contact drive and protest in the House by "getting benefit from the apparent differences among the component parties and notably exploiting their divergent point of views on religious issues."
| The ghost of Anna Comnena's giggling like a girl... |
Since the inception of current legislatures the opposition parties have continued protesting against a president in uniform but the movement suffered a serious setback by the 17th Amendment in the constitution passed with the help of MMA. The government was constantly trying to woo the MMA and was sure that the religious alliance would not ultimately go to the extent of becoming a danger to the system as it is running government in the two provinces of the country. To save their face in the public, the MMA continues to harp on their stand of not compromising with the government on the issue of uniform.
| But that rings kind of hollow, since they came on board for it, then tried to hop off again... |
The govt has adopted the strategy to exploit the visible differences among the component parties. The government gave task to an old associate of Jamaat-I-Islami to prepare a report on the seeming differences among the parties as well as in the JI. The former associate of the JI, once very close to MMA chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad and now member of the upper House, has compiled a comprehensive report on the subject that would be presented to General Pervez Musharraf, on his return from his foreign visit.
| I think Qazi's being weakened by degrees. At the first, they were infinitesimal degrees, and now they're becoming more noticeable. I'm hoping they'll eventually be massive, though Qazi is a wily old fellow and I'm sure he's got lots of tricks up his sleeve — many of them probably including having people bumped off. So it's not over yet, by a long shot. |
The senator has compiled a list of descending points among the component parties of the religious alliance. The government believes that Maulana Fazlur Rehman is an easy target and if he proves a hard nut to crack then Maulna Sami-ul Haq can be used to neutralise the Deobandi school of thought. Sami-ul Haq has showed differences several times with the MMA, and had not attended the meetings of the Supreme Council of the religious alliance. He has also not addressed any meeting of the MMA, held in connection with the recent protest drive launched against president in uniform.
| The enormity of the concerned parties' egos does make a handy tool. Fazl has probably been bought, the only question being whether he'll stay bought. Whipping Sami up to the point where he does something self-destructive shouldn't be too terribly hard for Perv, unless Sami gets to him first. |
The govt agencies are also working on Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUP-Noorani) that has expressed its dismay on the re-election of Qazi Hussain Ahmad as president of the MMA.
| Noorani keeling over dead didn't help the JUP's chances. They haven't had anybody to throw into the breech. |
The JUP thinks that the top slot of the religious alliance is their right as being the political heir to Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani, it should be given to them.
| Won't happen, unless they're willing to take it. And they don't have the hard boyz to do that. |
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