Islamabad, Dec 23: Pakistan's Interior Ministry has opposed the registration of Jamaat-ud-Dawa
(JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed's Milli Muslim League (MML) as a political party with
the Election Commission saying that it as an "offshoot of proscribed
entities".
The ministry formed its opinion on the basis of a security
agency’s report which expressed apprehensions that the registration of MML as a
political party “would breed violence and extremism in politics,” Dawn
newspaper reported.
The ministry in its written reply submitted to the Islamabad High Court on a petition filed by MML seeking its registration with the ECP requested the court not to consider MML’s plea and dismiss the petition accordingly.
In September this year, MML-backed candidate Yaqoob Sheikh secured 5,822 votes and stood fourth in a by-election in Lahore’s National Assembly constituency NA-120.
The by-election was held after the disqualification of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif by the Supreme Court.
According to the interior ministry’s reply, MML is the offshoot of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jamaatud Dawa (JuD), organisations which India has said were involved in the 2008 Mumbai attack and the 2001 attack on Indian parliament. UNI
The ministry in its written reply submitted to the Islamabad High Court on a petition filed by MML seeking its registration with the ECP requested the court not to consider MML’s plea and dismiss the petition accordingly.
In September this year, MML-backed candidate Yaqoob Sheikh secured 5,822 votes and stood fourth in a by-election in Lahore’s National Assembly constituency NA-120.
The by-election was held after the disqualification of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif by the Supreme Court.
According to the interior ministry’s reply, MML is the offshoot of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jamaatud Dawa (JuD), organisations which India has said were involved in the 2008 Mumbai attack and the 2001 attack on Indian parliament. UNI
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