Noted Shia Cleric Maulana Raja Nasir Abbas has been elected the first General Secretary of Majlis-e-Wahdat Muslimeen (MWM) for the next three years.

Hujatul-Islam Maulana Raja Nasir Abbas has elected the first General secretary of MWM after securing majority votes of 61 percent from all five provinces of the county and Azad Kashmir.

It may be noted here that this was the first party convention of Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) after its formation in April 2008 in Punjab. More than 300 representatives of Central executive council of MWM from 90 districts and six provincial structure of MWM including Punjab, Sindh, NWFP, Balochistan, Azad-Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan were elected the new secretary general of MWM.

The Iraqi premier’s Rule of Law alliance has filed an official complaint over what it calls massive vote rigging in the March general elections.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s coalition secure 89 out of 325 parliamentary seats in the March 7 vote, two seats shy of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s Iraqiya Party.

A spokesman for the Rule of Law said on Sunday that up to 750,000 votes have been manipulated through fraud and that the coalition was seeking a recount in five provinces or at least in Baghdad — the most populous of Iraq’s 18 provinces which accounts for 68 seats, just over a fifth of parliament.

“We believe the amount of manipulation in the votes in these five provinces could reach 750,000 votes … this is a huge number and possibly could change enormously the elections results,” coalition spokesman Hachim al-Hasani told reporters.

“This is why we presented this appeal and we hope that the judicial appeal panel will do its duty … and look into it seriously,” he added.

He said most of the votes affected by fraud would otherwise have gone to the Rule of Law coalition.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei slams US President Barack Obama for implicitly threatening Iran with a “nuclear attack.”

In a meeting with top military commanders on Sunday Ayatollah Khamenei said certain powers reply on their strength out of pride and therefore lose their authority.

“An example of this is the recent remarks by the US president who implicitly threatened the Iranian nation with the use of nuclear arms.”

“These remarks are very strange and the world should not ignore them because in the 21st century, the century of claiming to advocate human rights and fight terrorism, the head of a country has threatened [to launch] a nuclear attack,” he added.

Ayatollah Khamenei said such comments are not in the interest of the US, adding, “These remarks mean that the US government is a wicked and unreliable government.”

“In recent years, the Americans made many efforts to show that the Islamic Republic of Iran is unreliable in the nuclear issue…it is clear now that the governments that have atomic bombs and shamelessly threaten to bomb others [countries] are the unreliable ones. Therefore the US president’s remarks are scandalous.”

The Leader said that the strength of an establishment is dependant on its faith, resilience, and strong will. “After 30 years, the Iranian nation is more resilient and strong and has shown it has the ability to withstand any form of animosity.”

Ayatollah Khamenei urged Iran’s Armed Forces to adopt necessary strategies to promote the country’s defense capabilities.

“The Armed Forces should always be on full alert and ready to counter any threats by… taking their training seriously,” he said.

Hezbollah says Iran’s nuclear program is in the best interests of Muslim nations.

Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said on Saturday that the United States is an oppressive and colonialist power in the region that has dealt numerous blows to the Mideast.

“The US administration seeks to deter Iran from its nuclear development program by means of pressure and tough sanctions. It calls on Tehran to give assurances that its nuclear activities are of a civilian nature, even though it has done so,” Qassem added.

He went on to say that even if Iran presents hundreds of pieces of evidence proving its nuclear program is peaceful, the US and other Western countries will reject it all.

The leaders were speaking on the first day of a 2-day countywide convention started in Islamabad on Saturday organized by Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen Pakistan (MWM).

Addressing the opening session of the convention, Alama Shabbir Hussian Bukhari said that Pakistan is an important country due to its strategic and geographic position and world powers have tried to misuse the state for there ill objectives.

The Islamic revolution in Iran has a clear message to the nation to stand against imperialist powers, he said. He said that America and its allies are behind sectarian violence in Pakistan. “People of Pakistan are against the U.S. and its aliens due to their brutalities on oppressed nation”.

Describing the working of MWM, he said that MWM has formed its structures in all four provinces, Azad Kashmir, Gilgt Baltistan. Out of 110 districts of Pakistan MWM has been formed its structure in 80 districts.

Alama Hasnain Gardezi said that former dictator Zia- ul- haq divided Pakistani nation into sects and ill effects are appearing now. He touched upon the double standard of Pakistani govt of fiscals who are ready to offer in any service to US at any cost and on the other hand they raise slogans against the slavery of arrogant power.

He said that Pakistanis have to restore their identity and safeguard for our beloved country from rectification and national divisions. “Our beloved country is in critical era so all. Political and religious parties should have single agenda i-e “safeguard Pakistan”

Deputy general secretary of Gilgit, Balistan Alama Nayer Abbas, GS Blochistan Alama Maqsod Domoki,GS Punjab Alama Abdul Khaliq Asadi stressed on govt to take strong against religious madras which are involved in ‘Ashur’, chehulam and Eid-e-Milad procession attacks.

The person involve in such incident should be arrested immediately and executed. They said that banned organizations are actively pursuing their activities and govt should take strong notice on them.