Just today the Maulana sahib was warning BB and Nawaz against doing deals with Musharraf. Pakistani politicians - two faced hypocrites the lot of them.
**Maulana Fazl comes under fire for his secret meeting with Shujaat **
Monday September 03, 2007 (2117 PST)
MMA central leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman had to face severe criticism in the religious grouping Supreme Council (SC) meeting here Monday for his secret meetings and back door contacts with the government. Sources told Online Monday several members of SC including Qazi Hussain Ahmad complained that Maulana Fazlur Rehman was trying to lend support to salvage the sinking boat of government. All these members held that Maulana Fazlur Rehman was engaged in dialogue and meetings with PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and the powers those matter . All is not good as it would undermine the unity in the ranks of MMA and would be a bid to strengthen general Musharraf when the latter had already deceived religious grouping. Sources informed Maulana Fazlur Rehman took defensive position saying he had not held out any assurance for cooperation to government in these meetings and any dialogue with government would take place on MMA platform in future. Maulana Fazlur Rehman assured he would not meet any ruling part leader in his individual capacity.
Sources pointed out MMA senior vice president professor Sajid Mir complained that MMA particularly Jamaat-e-Islami was launching road caravan without taking him into confidence, therefore, he was not participating in the march. “I should be informed in advance in this regard”, he held. Professor Sajid Mir also demanded that decision for fielding candidates in upcoming general elections be taken by assessing the position of all the component parties and no decision be taken without taking the component parties into confidence. If favorites are awarded tickets then the smaller parties would oppose it, he cautioned.
**Qazi’s daughter not to follow in his footsteps **
The daughter of Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Samia Raheel Qazi, has no plan to quit the National Assembly as did her father, saying his was a personal decision. Talking to The News, she said that Qazi and some other Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal leaders had advised the alliance to submit resignations but it was not approved, after which her father had said goodbye to the Lower House of the Parliament. Qazi had resigned on July 23 against the ‘one-man rule’, military operations in the tribal belt, Balochistan and the use of force against inmates of Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa. She made it clear that her father never asked her to quit the NA, and it also never came to her mind to emulate her father. MMA Secretary General Maulana Fazlur Rehman had charged that Qazi had violated the alliance discipline and shocked him by quitting the NA. The lady parliamentarian also said that she became a member of the parliament not because of her father, but because of the party decision. “Jamaat-e-Islami is known for discipline and this made it binding on me to toe the party line. I will never resign unless it is advised by the party and then MMA also seconds it,” she maintained. Samia is among MMA lady lawmakers who attend the proceedings in burqa and using veil to hide their identity, barring the MMA’s minority MNA Asiya Nasir. However, Samia was proud of her father for rendering sacrifices for supremacy of the Constitution, the parliament and the rule of law. “My father will be remembered for his politics of principles and the struggle to transform Pakistan into a democratic welfare state, as envisioned by the Father of the Nation,” she noted.
Re: Fazlur Rehman comes under fire for his secret meeting with Ch. Shujaat
I believe Fazlur Rehman left for Saudi just hours after Nawaz was sent back there. Ostensibly to do Umra, but I am sure to ingratiate himself with the Saudi's as well, and demonstrate he is good with them whatever the public protestations of the APDUM lot.
I wonder who is the Darth Vader in the MMA?