Pakistan

Solidarity: Politico-religious groups decide to revive DPC

The objective of the meeting was to discuss different issues that have emerged in the wake of the recent drone strike

Obaid Abbasi May 30, 2016

Maulana Samiul Haq addressing a press conference after meeting with the leaders of religious political parties. PHOTO: ONLINE

ISLAMABAD: Several religious and political parties have decided to revive their multi-party alliance, Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC), which played a crucial role in persuading the government to revisit its ties with the United States in 2011 following the Salala incident.

The religious and political groups have decided to revive the defunct council during a meeting chaired by its president Maulana Samiul Haq on Monday. Samiul Haq is also head of his own faction of the Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam.

“The religious and political groups have decided to continue their activities to protect the country’s sovereignty under the platform of DPC,” read the joint declaration issued at the end of the meeting.

The objective of the meeting was to discuss different issues that have emerged in the wake of the recent drone strike in Balochistan that killed Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 31^st, 2016.