...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...
(JUI-F) has given up efforts to form coalition government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
and nominated former chief minister Akram Khan Durrani its parliamentary leader in the provincial assembly.
Addressing a joint presser here on Wednesday, JUI-F provincial chief Maulana Amanullah and senior vice-president Attaur Rehman, said that MPA-elect Maulana Lutfur Rehman, younger brother of
Maulana Fazlur RehmanDeobandi holy man, known as
Mullah Dieselduring the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty ...
, would be the party's deputy parliamentary leader.
These decisions were announced after a meeting of the provincial executive council, which was presided over by Maulana Amanullah. They said that parliamentary party meeting would be held in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
on May 29. Both MNAs and MPAs-elect would attend the meeting and the party would chalk out its future line of action.
The JUI-F, which won 13 seats in the provincial assembly, was trying to form coalition government in the province comprising Pakistain Mohammedan League-Nawaz, Quami Watan Party, Jamaat-e-Islami
...
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...
and independents.