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| JI ministers yet to resign after quitting govt |
| 2018-05-10 |
| [DAWN] PESHAWAR: 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... ministers have not yet tendered their resignations despite publicly announcing last week that the party was parting ways with the coalition government in the province. Official sources said that three ministers of JI in the 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.... -led coalition government continued to hold their offices and did not formally resign. They said that the government would de-notify them as ministers after resignations. "They (ministers) have publicly announced leaving the coalition government, but did not tender their resignations," said one bigwig, adding that technically they were still holding their berths in the cabinet. He said that the Jamaat ministers had yet to surrender permissible facilities, including vehicles to the government. The JI had announced leaving coalition government in the presence of Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Thursday last. |
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