Milli Yakjehti Council Explained

The Milli Yakjehti Council (Urdu: ملی یکجہتی کونسل, MYC, also called the National Alliance for Religious Harmony) is a Pakistani non-political alliance of political and non-political religious parties formed in 1995 on the advice of Maulana Naeem Siddiqui (the founder of tehreek e islami) to unite religious parties and reduce sectarian tensions in the nation.^[1]

In 1996, the MYC adopted a resolution objecting to a planned Pakistan nuclear treaty, and calling for a nuclear device to be tested.^[2]

In 2012, the party was described as "recently revived", and elected former Jamiat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed as president.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: The Muslim World. 2004. Motamar al-Alam al-Islami; World Muslim Congress. 15.
2. Book: Eric H. Arnett. Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control in South Asia After the Test Ban. registration. 1998. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-829411-5. 67–.
3. Web site: Qazi elected chief of Milli Yakjehti Council - Newspaper . Dawn.Com . 2012-06-04 . 2015-05-21.