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| Fazl to quit govt if CII proposals not implemented |
| 2009-07-28 |
| Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief (JUI-F) Fazlur Rehman on Monday warned the government that his party would leave the ruling coalition if it did not implement an Islamic system in view of the recommendations of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) by September. Addressing a press conference after a two-day meeting of the party's central executive council, Fazl said the pace of implementation of the agreement, the basis for his party's inclusion in the government after the general elections, was unsatisfactory. He said the masses were facing grave issues of law and order, inflation, insecurity and load shedding, for which the government had no answer. Fazl added the government, ignoring the recommendations of a parliamentary committee, launched the operation in Swat. He said targeting madrassas under the garb of the operation was tantamount to playing into the hands of the West. Fazl invited urged the groups fighting the government to join mainstream politics. He said his party would continue to oppose the presence of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. To a question on General (r) Pervez Musharraf, he said whoever had subverted the constitution must be punished. |
| Posted by:Fred |