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| JUP announces support for ANP |
| 2008-02-15 |
| Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP-Chishti group) provincial President Pir Muhammad Chishti announced on Thursday a political alliance of his party with the Awami National Party (ANP). During a press conference at the Peshawar Press Club, the JUP leader said that his group would support the ANP’s national and provincial assembly candidates in all constituencies of the province. He said the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) had ignored smaller component parties of the Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) during its five-year rule and deprived them of their rights. ANP Central Senior Vice President and NA-1 Peshawar-1 candidate Haji Ghulam Ahmed Bilour was also present on the occasion. Incompetent people: Chishti slammed the JUI-F leaders for appointing their ‘incapable and undeserving’ people to various posts at madrassas (seminaries) and educational institutions during their five-year rule and ignoring capable and qualified workers associated with the JUP. He said the rights of people belonging to Barelvi school of thought were trampled at all levels. “The late Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani formed the MMA for the sake of Pakistan and its ideology, but two big components of the religious alliance deprived the smaller components of their rights,” said Chishti. He appreciated JI Chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed for his efforts to keep the MMA intact. Chishti said the JUI-F always tried to harm others and benefit itself. He hoped the ANP would respect the rights of the JUP. ANP leader Ghulam Bilour said his party respected the rights of minorities and assured the JUP-Chishti his party would take care of its rights at all forums. Bilour said the ANP leaders were taking part in election activities in spite of security concerns, adding it was the duty of the government to protect the life and property of citizens. He said the government would rig the polls but the ANP activists would thwart its bids. |
| Posted by:Fred |