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| Govt, Taliban urged to declare truce |
| 2013-10-31 |
| [Dawn] A syndicate of the mainstream political parties on Tuesday called upon the government and the Taliban to declare ceasefire without delay to pave the way for peace talks. At the same time, the 22-member All Parties Joint Action Committee for Peace demanded that the government quit the US-led war on terrorism and check the US drone attacks in the country's tribal areas. The demands were made during a meeting of the committee here on Tuesday at Al-Markaz-e-Islami, provincial secretariat of 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... , to discuss implementation of the decisions of the recent all parties conference organised by JI 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. , according to a news release issued here. Two factions of Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam ...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... , Pakistain Mohammedan League-Quaid, Awami National Party, Pakistain People's Party and other political groups are members of the committee. However, corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds... PML-N declined to be part of the committee. The participants made JI provincial deputy chief Dr Iqbal Khalil the committee's convener and agreed to hold a 'peace march' in Peshawar after Muharram 10. Representatives of political parties and civil society will participate in the march. The committee adopted a resolution to demand expulsion of foreign forces of Evil from Fata if any and hold an inquiry into the secret drone strike deal. It also demanded that the federal government begin negotiations with the Taliban forthwith and that the situation might go out of control in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... and tribal areas in case talks were delayed. The committee decided that members of the action committee would meet Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and provincial PML-N chief Pir Sabir Shah to discuss the APC decisions. It also expressed serious concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in Peshawar, especially the growing cases of extortion and kidnapping for ransom, and asked the provincial government to make a security plan for the picturesque provincial capital.The committee's next meeting will take place at the Central Secretariat of ANP on November 20. The Jamaat-e-Islami had convened an all parties conference in Peshawar early this month, asking the federal government to announce names of the negotiating team to hold peace talks with the Taliban without further delay. A joint declaration issued after the conference had also called upon central government to distance itself from the US-led war against terrorism in the region. However, corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds... Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI), coalition partner of JI in the provincial government, and Pakistain Mohammedan League-N hadn't sent their representatives to the conference while Pakistain People's Party, Awami National Party, two factions of Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam, Pakistain Mohammedan League-Q and representatives of traders associations had attended the APC. The APC was convened to discuss the prevailing security situation in the province in the wake of a series of suicide and kabooms in Peshawar and other parts of the province. |
| Posted by:Fred |