MMA begins election drive

The five-party religio-political alliance MMA has launched election campaign for the general elections 2018 with the pledge of the enforcement of Islamic system in the country.
The alliance comprising religious political parties including JUI-F, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Jamiat-e-Ulema Pakistan (JUP), Jamiat-Ahle Hadith, Tehrik-e-Islami has been revived to cash-in the votes of the religious-minded voters like the general elections of 2002.
The alliance launched its campaign with a public meeting in the Peshawar with Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, ameer of JUI-F, Siraj-ul-Haq of JI, Shah Anas Noorani, Akram Khan Durrani and Maulana Gul Naseeb as key speakers of the political even.
The MMA leadership clarified that Pakistan came into being in the name of Islam, adding no one can change this very foundation of the country where Islamic Shariah will be implemented.
The leadership of the religio-political alliance vowed to throw the agents of Jews and anti-Islamic forces. However, the goal they said would be achieved through the power of ballot.
Addressing the public meeting, the MMA president, Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman asked Pakhtuns to elect such representatives to protect their honour and prestige. Without naming the PTI chief, he said that after last general elections, power stakeholders told him that they needs for uprooting religious sentiments from Pakhtuns. However, Pakhtuns had foiled that nefarious designs and in the coming general elections will have to prove that either they support the vulgarity of the West or with the Islam and honour of the people.
He said that the economy has been destroyed as during the MMA government debt of the province was Rs 87 billion which has now climbed to Rs 300 billion, which would be paid by the people of the province. He warned that the coming of these forces into power will play havoc with national economy. He said that the hearts of Pakistani Muslims has no space for such ideologies.
Maulana Fazal urged the people to use their votes as sacred trust, saying that they will not use bullet rather will evolve consensus through franchise.