...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 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., Jamaat-e-Islami
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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
...current head of the Pak Jamaat-e-Islami. Siraj was born in 1962 and entered politics shortly after that...said on Friday that some hidden powers wanted to sabotage the July 25 general elections, but they would not let them do so.
In Timergara, the JI chief told public rallies in Kumbar Maidan and Odigram that attacks on poll candidates in Peshawar, Bannu and Quetta were not a good omen for the country. He said that some hidden powers wanted to derail the democratic process.
He said that MMA would not let anyone to sabotage the elections in the country. He said that the coming elections would be a fight between two ideologies. "We have no wish for ministries and positions, but making Pakistain a true Islamic welfare state is our goal," he said.
About Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, headed the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz), now bounced for the third and maybe final time. Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf, then by the courts...
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Pervez PervMusharraf
... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ...
, he said that the former was coming to be jugged
Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try!
while the latter was avoiding returning to the land which he governed for years. He asked the participants to elect honest and devoted candidates for the sake of the country. The rallies were also addressed by MMA candidates for PK-13, PK-16 and PK-17.
Also in the day, PTI election coordinator for PK-17 Anwar Said quit his party and joined JI during Kumbar Maidan function which was also addressed by MMA candidate Saeed Gul. He claimed that MMA would win all the seats in Lower Dir, as JI had done record development work in the district.
In Nowshera, JI provincial chief Mushtaq Ahmad Khan claimed that if voted to power Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal would start evenhanded accountability of corrupt elements.
"MMA would start accountability of all segments of society without any discrimination to root out corruption," he said while addressing public meetings in Pir Sabaq, Zara Mena, Mesri Banda and other villages.