Blocking Hasba Bill unconstitutional: Fazl
Bureau Report

PESHAWAR—MMA central leader Maulana Fazlur =Rehman has said Supreme Court (SC) has bypassed the constitution by blocking Hasba Bill (HB) adding apex court has no powers to suspend the bill.
He said this while talking to the journalists here Monday in chief minister house after addressing a meeting of over 100 ulema. NWFP government is an ideological government and takes all decisions within constitutional parameters, he held. NWFP government is backed by popular mandate and it will take decisions in keeping with the aspirations of the people.
He went on to say MMA is facing no threat from Aiwan-e-Sadr adding Aiwan-e-Sadr is however facing threat from Washington. Responding to a question he said resignations issue no more exists. Federation wants MMA tenders resignation and leave electoral fields so that it could pass laws in support of Qadianis.
He was of the view that no interference was being made from Waziristan in the affairs of Afghanistan. The Eid is not being celebrated on one day due to the announcements of private Ruet-e-Hilal committees. The NWFP Ulema have given several proposals in this respect. NWFP government will decide the matter of Ruet-e-Hilal in the light of these proposals. However central Ruet-e-Hilal committee should respect the decision of provincial Ruet-e-Hilal committee. Secretary General Muttahida Majlis Amal Maulana Fazl ur Rehman warning President Musharraf has said that the President risks further radicalizing Pakistan if he alienates its religious leaders.
Maulana Fazlur Rehman speaking to The Daily Telegraph in a rare interview responded to General Pervez Musharraf’s plea for Pakistanis not to vote for “hypocrites” and “extremists”. “With his poisonous propaganda against the religious parties, General Musharraf is trying to widen the gap between the religious circles and the liberals in the country,” Maulana Fazl said. Maulana Fazl denying that his seminaries are used by the Taliban as staging posts in their cross-border activities, admitted that he directs his followers to support Taliban fighters in Afghanistan by providing “humanitarian aid”. “We support anyone who is struggling for the implementation of an Islamic government,” he said, without specifying the type of assistance. During the interview the Maulana accused Gen Musharraf of deceiving his allies in the war against terror. “Dressed in uniform, the general is championing the cause of democracy but the nations of the world take no serious notice,” he said. “He has been fooling the Western world.”
“There can only be peace if foreign forces leave Afghanistan and the Afghan government holds talks with the Taliban,” said the Maulana. “They are the sons of the soil.”
MMA Secretary General and chief of Jamiat Ulma-e-Islam (JUI) Maulana Fazlur Rehman has issued a blunt warning to President Pervez Musharraf that he risks further radicalizing the country if he alienates its religious leaders.