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Zubaidah Abu Bakar It may put the smile on the faces of the party faithful, who think Pas is now ready to lead and their president will be the next prime minister.

In the first part of the The Malaysian Insider’s interview with PKR’s election director Saifuddin Nasution last week, he talked about the outcome of the Penanti election. As expected, his party won, but he had hoped for PKR to get 7,000 votes, 1,000 more than…

The months spanning 1998 and 1999 were a watershed for Pas. It was the height of the reformasi movement around ousted deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, and Pas was one of the parties that rode the wave of sympathetic support for him. Pas’…

The Majlis Syura Ulama (Consultative Council of Religious Scholars) in PAS was created in 1983 to give substance to newly-adopted policy of kepimpinan ulama (leadership by scholars). Previously, the Dewan Ulama – established in the early years of PAS along with Dewan Pemuda and Dewan…

The concept of kepimpinan ulama (leadership by ulama), and the structure of the Majlis Syura Ulama, is central to the identity of post-1982 PAS. However, this has been increasingly questioned internally in the recent years with the influx of highly-educated middle-class members in the aftermath…

The post of Barisan Nasional (BN) chief coordinator has been called a “consolation prize” for MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, who has been sidelined in the party by his boss, Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat. There’s also talk that the post…

PAS delegates from all over the country are due to gather at Stadium Shah Alam next month for their muktamar, or general assembly. The dust has barely settled on the list of nominations—most notably, 16 for vice-president and 86 for the Central PAS Exco, making…

For a while there, PAS nearly gave Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) a scare for the upcoming Penanti by-election — the party’s Permatang Pauh division wanted the seat for itself. In fact, newly elected Penang PAS Youth chief Yusni Mat Tiah even told the press there…