Islamabad,
\nThe Pakistan government has requested a court here not to consider Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-backed Milli Muslim League\u2019s plea seeking its registration as a political party, saying the group would breed violence and extremism in politics.<\/p>\n
Saeed earlier this month had confirmed that his organisation Jammat-ud-Dawah would contest the 2018 general elections under the banner of the Milli Muslim League (MML).<\/p>\n
The MML had challenged the Election Commission of Pakistan\u2019s order on October 11 that had declined its registration as a political party.<\/p>\n
The interior ministry, in its written reply submitted to the Islamabad High Court on the MML\u2019s petition, said that it opposed the group\u2019s registration as a political party as the group was an offshoot of proscribed entities.<\/p>\n
Dawn newspaper reported that the government requested the court not to consider the MML\u2019s plea and dismiss the petition.<\/p>\n
The ministry formed its opinion on the basis of a security agency\u2019s report which expressed apprehensions that the registration of the MML as a political party \u201cwould breed violence and extremism in politics\u201d.<\/p>\n
According to Political Parties Order (PPO) 2002, organisations which act in the manner prejudicial to fundamental rights, undermine the integrity of Pakistan, promote sectarian, regional or provincial hatred, bear a name as a militant group and impart any military or paramilitary training to its members, do not qualify for registration as political party.<\/p>\n
In it reply to the court, the interior ministry said a security agency had opined that \u201cit is difficult to believe that the MML will tread its own path, completely at variance with its mother (LeT and JuD) organisations.\u201d The agency \u201crecommended that since registration of such groups would breed violence and extremism in politics, such groups be avoided,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
According to the reply, the LeT, JuD and Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation are facing UN sanctions, therefore, the interior ministry \u201cfurnished comments to the ECP that the registration of the MML, an offshoot of the same network of JuD\/FIF , was not supported\u201d.<\/p>\n
The JuD chief walked free on November 24 after the Pakistan government decided against detaining him further in any other case. He was under detention since January this year.<\/p>\n
The MML had contested a bypoll in September for NA-120, a National Assembly seat that had fallen vacant following disqualification of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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