...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...
chief
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 ...
on Friday blamed the 'powers that be' for turmoil in Fata and said those powers wanted to begin military operation in North Wazoo instead of resolving the issue through dialogue.
Speaking at a tribal jirga, Mr Fazl said only one institution was trying to impose its decision on the entire nation and even didn't care about the joint resolutions of parliament and All-Party Conference.
He said the military operation against bully boyz was eyewash and that the real action had been launched against rustics.
"JUI is being victimised for opposing military operation in North Waziristan," he said.
Says Fata people being ridiculed at security checkpoints
The JUI-F chief came down heavily on security forces for 'ill-treating' the Fata people and alleged that common man in the region was ridiculed at the military's checkpoints.
"I challenge them (security forces to show a single terrorist, who has been enjugged
Into the paddy wagon wit' yez!
at army checkpoints," he said.
He said Learned Elders of Islam had de-radicalised thousands of would-be jacket wallahs but their contribution hadn't been acknowledged.
The JUI-F chief said preparations for a full-fledged military operation in North Waziristan had been finalised and that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
had given a serious statement that he gave one chance to peace by initiating talks with the Taliban.
He said the government was not sincere about restoration of peace through talks and that was why his party didn't join the process.
Mr Fazl said his party didn't favour talks between the government and Taliban committees as political forces gave mandate for the same to the tribal jirga, which was formed in 2012.
He said he was sure peace talks won't succeed but even then, he didn't oppose the process.
"The reason for annoyance of powers that be is that JUI wants to engage tribal jirga in peace talks with the Taliban, which is not acceptable to one institution," he said.
The JUI-F chief said his party was 'punished' in general elections for principled stand on the matter.
He said he was trying to bring religious forces to a single platform and would soon meet leaders of religious parties for the purpose.
The jirga, where 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...
chief Sirajul Haq, Pakistain People's Party leader Rahimdad Khan, MNAs, MPAs and tribal Maliks were in attendance, unanimously passed a resolution demanding that the government announce a special package for the rehabilitation of internally displaced persons and reconstruct damaged infrastructure in tribal areas.
It passed another resolution condemning the recent military operation in Mirali and Miranshah
... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a
ministatein centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas...
and asking the government to begin meaningful talks with the Taliban for peace.
The participants agreed that tribal jirga should be engaged in talks.
They also condemned the killing of Malik Qadir Khan and other tribal elders, who had begun efforts for restoration of peace in Fata.