25 PPP MNAs elected with our support: SSP

BANNED religious organisation Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) leader Maulana Ahmad Ludhianvi has alleged that at least 25 MNAs of Pakistan Peoples Party won elections with the support of the outfit. He reiterated that the SSP is not working against the interest of the country. In an interview with a private TV channel on Sunday, the Maulana said that Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Jamshed Dasti, Hayat Ullha Tareen, Faisal Karim Kundi and many others have managed to win the elections from their respective constituencies with the support of the SSP. He also claimed that several MNAs and MPAs of PML-N and PML-Q requested for SSPs support during the February 2008 general elections. He denied the perception that the SSP is working to carry out terrorist activities in the country. He informed that former president Pervez Musharraf has imposed sanctions on the SSP but these sanctions were not endorsed by the parliament. To a query, Maulana Ludhianvi alleged that Punjab Governor Salman Tasser and Interior Minister Rehman Malik were plotting conspiracy against him. He complained of unfair behaviour of the government against his organisation. Responding to Maulanas statement, PPP Secretary Information Fauzia Wahab ruled out any connection of her party with the banned outfit. She said that such statements were entirely baseless, as no PPP MNA ever established contact with extremists outfits. It is against our ideology, and such statement is nothing but an effort to connect the PPP with banned outfits, she said. When contacted, Information Minister Qamar-uz-Zaman Kaira said that he didnt even know who Maulan Ludhianvi was. Asking for vote is out of question, I do not know even his name.

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