...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...
-Fazl's Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri
...Central Secretary General of JUI-F, member of the Pak senate, formerly provincial minister of Balochistan. He has a master's degree in Islam and runs a madrassah...
took oath as Senate Deputy Chairman on Thursday evening.
Earlier. Raza Rabbani took oath as Senate Chairman and will also be serving as acting president for the duration of President Mamnoon Hussain's four-day visit to Azerbaijan.
"I have to perform the functions of the president under clause two of Article 49 of the Constitution of the Islamic Theocratic
Republicof Pakistain," said Rabbani while addressing the Senate.
During his speech, the Senate Chairman thanked various senators for their support. He also thanked the opposition and government leaders for coming to a consensus and selecting him as Chairman of the senate.