January 29, 2003	Wednesday	Ziqa’ad 25,1423

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NOWSHERA, Jan 28: Former federal minister and leader of Awami National Party, Azam Khan Hoti, demanded on Monday that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government should announce enforcement of Shariat in the province.

Speaking at a public meeting on the 15th death anniversary of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, he said the MMA government had got votes in the name of Islam and pledged enforcement of Shariat. “Now, it is the time to honour all its pledges made during the election campaign,” he said.

The government should abolish all the unjustified taxes, as promised during the electioneering, Hoti maintained.

He alleged that the MMA government was misusing the name of Islam. It neither could enforce Islam nor provide good governance, he said.

He asked the party workers to prepare for an election, which he claimed would be held within a year.

Provincial ANP President Bashir Ahmad Bilor said that despite a unanimous resolution adopted by the NWFP Assembly against interest, the MMA had not yet implemented it.

He said the government had removed billboards from cinema but failed to ban cables, which was the main source of obscenity.