PESHAWAR, Sept 16 (TNS): Terming the bid as ‘Western agenda’, Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) has rejected as KP government plan to hire educated clerics (pesh imams) in mosques in the province.
Media reports had suggested that The provincial government was considering a proposal to appoint educated pesh imams in mosques across the province and pay them a monthly stipend.
“I’ve been told that the imams will be paid from funds [coming from the West] – and that the JUI-F will also get its share,” the Maulana said after a meeting with tribal elders on Saturday.
He also claimed that after the 2013 elections his party had been offered an ‘ amount of money’ in return for joining the PTI-led coalition government in K-P.
“The K-P government is implementing the Western agenda by proposing appointment of paid imams in mosques,” he alleged. “The Ulema of K-P will never accept salary from the government because they are not up for sale.”
