Pakistan faces a dilemma as the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan inspires religious hardliners

In a park in Karachi, Maulana Fazlur Rahman, an opposition political leader who supports the Taliban but repudiates the violent conflict within Pakistan, cited the Taliban’s victory as he called for elections.revolution“To overthrow Khan. On Thursday, a more conservative politician, Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq – the son of a Sunni cleric known as”Taliban fatherHe told his followers that the Taliban had established “unparalleled peace and security in Afghanistan,” demonstrated the shortcomings of democracy, and should inspire “a similar arduous struggle to have a genuine Islamic regime in Pakistan,” according to a statement distributed by Haq. Collection.