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Pakistan parties stay away from Hafiz Saeed conference
In a setback to Hafiz Saeed-promoted Defa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC), no mainstream political parties attended a conference convened by it on Saturday to mobilise support for its planned long march against the reopening of NATO supply routes to Afghanistan.
The conference was not attended by representatives of key political parties like the PML-N or Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf.
Leaders of parties like the Jamaat-e-Islami and Awami Muslim League attended the meeting.
Observers said the absence of mainstream parties at the conference indicated that they would not back the DPCs protest against reopening of NATO supply routes.
Those who attended the DPCs conference in Lahore included Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Saeed, Jamaat-e-Islami head Munawar Hasan, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-S chief Sami-ul-Haq, former ISI chief Hamid Gul and Awami Muslim League president Sheikh Rashid Ahmed.
The DPC is a conglomerate of over 40 religious and extremist groups that was cobbled together last year by Saeed, the founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
The DPC had invited PML-N president Nawaz Sharif, his brother Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Fazlur Rehman and Sunni Ittihad Council head Sahibzada Fazal Karim to the conference but none of them turned up. Though these leaders have opposed the reopening of the NATO supply routes, they do not want to be bracketed with the DPC, sources said.
Pakistan parties stay away from Hafiz Saeed conference - Indian Express
In a setback to Hafiz Saeed-promoted Defa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC), no mainstream political parties attended a conference convened by it on Saturday to mobilise support for its planned long march against the reopening of NATO supply routes to Afghanistan.
The conference was not attended by representatives of key political parties like the PML-N or Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf.
Leaders of parties like the Jamaat-e-Islami and Awami Muslim League attended the meeting.
Observers said the absence of mainstream parties at the conference indicated that they would not back the DPCs protest against reopening of NATO supply routes.
Those who attended the DPCs conference in Lahore included Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Saeed, Jamaat-e-Islami head Munawar Hasan, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-S chief Sami-ul-Haq, former ISI chief Hamid Gul and Awami Muslim League president Sheikh Rashid Ahmed.
The DPC is a conglomerate of over 40 religious and extremist groups that was cobbled together last year by Saeed, the founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
The DPC had invited PML-N president Nawaz Sharif, his brother Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Fazlur Rehman and Sunni Ittihad Council head Sahibzada Fazal Karim to the conference but none of them turned up. Though these leaders have opposed the reopening of the NATO supply routes, they do not want to be bracketed with the DPC, sources said.
Pakistan parties stay away from Hafiz Saeed conference - Indian Express