The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) on Friday claimed to have started negotiations between the government and Maulana Fazlullah to settle the Swat issue without any further bloodshed. The JUI-F demanded of the government to enforce Shariah in Swat Valley and said it would ensure peace in the area.| The JUI-F demanded of the government to enforce Shariah in Swat Valley and said it would ensure peace in the area. |
The religio-political party on Friday sent a four-point formula to the government for resolving the conflict that claimed dozens of lives during the past few days and had brought life to a standstill in the northern Frontier districts. "We have started mediation between Maulana Fazlullah and the government, through the governor NWFP, to find an amicable solution of the Swat issue," Senator Gul Naseeb Khan, the provincial chief of the JUI-F as well as Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) told newsmen after a meeting of the party's provincial Shoora.
He added that the JUI-F had sent a four-point formula to the NWFP Governor Ali Muhammad Jan Aurakzai for settling the Swat problem without the use of force. The JUI-F, he continued, through its four-point formula, had asked the government to "ensure ceasefire in Swat, enforce Shariah in the valley, constitute Shariah benches and withdraw cases against militant commander Maulana Fazlullah and his associates".
The JUI-F leader observed that use of force was no solution to the problem of Swat and urged to settle the issue through dialogue. "We have also asked to empower the 14-member Jirga that had been constituted during an all parties meeting in Chakdarra the other day," Gul Naseeb Khan said.