ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: The internal differences among the MMA component parties are likely to be discussed and straightened out in the upcoming supreme council meeting of the alliance scheduled in the first week of November.

Maulana Hamidul Haq Haqqani and Shah Abdul Aziz, two JUI-S MNAs, while talking to Dawn at the parliament house on Friday, said a decision to this effect had been made at a recent conciliatory meeting between Qazi Hussain Ahmed-led delegation and the provincial party chief of JUI-S, Qazi Abdul Latif, in Kulachi, D.I.Khan.

It was decided at the meeting that the complaints on the basis of which the provincial party had recommended parting of ways with the MMA would be taken to the central leadership for resolution.

Maulana Hamidul Haq, son of Maulana Samiul Haq and the party’s deputy secretary-general, said his party did not believe in material gains but wanted the MMA leadership to bring the Shariat bill in the lower house and push for its passage.

Mr Haq said he had moved a Shariat bill in the National Assembly as co-mover with the slain Maulana Azam Tariq and he would now pursue it and would see how the MMA leadership blocks his way.

Shah Abdul Aziz said it was unanimously agreed at the meeting was that the unity in the MMA must be kept at all costs and the complaints of the component parties must be addressed with a sincere desire to remove them.

Mr Aziz, who was present in the meeting, said the ‘poor performance’ of the government was the main focus of the meeting.

The JUI-S told Qazi Hussain Ahmed that the popularity that the MMA had gained by sweeping polls was fading fast and a sense of betrayal was taking hold of the minds and hearts of those who voted for the MMA due to the failure of the provincial government in removing public complaints, and for not taking concrete steps for Islamization.