07 February 2005	Monday	27 Zilhaj 1425

PESHAWAR, Feb 6: The NWFP chapter of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI) has decided to take part in the forthcoming local body elections under the banner of Muttahida Group.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the JUI executive council held here on Saturday with the party's provincial deputy chief Qari Mohammad Abdullah in the chair, says a press release.

The meeting observed that although the JUI had boycotted the last local body elections, this time the party would actively participate in the election under Muttahida Group.

The council members decided to send a proposal to the central leadership that the party should contest the elections under the banner of Muttahida Group throughout the country.

The party divided the province into divisions - central districts, southern districts, Hazara division and Malakand division - for the LB polls, JUI's information secretary Abdul Jalil Jan said.

The council also discussed reports presented by various committees constituted to look into matters relating to the local body polls in the four divisions and the position of the party in this regard.

The JUI council said that it would monitor the position of the party in all the constituencies and a meeting would soon be convened in Nowshera in this regard.