{
  "id": 5357389,
  "title": "Time for PAS to lead with its own PM candidate, says youth leader",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/time-for-pas-to-lead-with-its-own-pm-candidate-says-youth-leader-5357389",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T15:13:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/09/03/time-for-pas-to-lead-with-its-own-pm-candidate-says-youth-leader"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A PAS Youth delegate from Kedah has urged the party to spearhead the unification of Muslims at the federal level, emphasizing that it possesses leaders fit to serve as the nation's prime minister. Ilyas Ahmad, Kedah's PAS Youth chief, affirmed that the party's impeccable track record and absence of corruption scandals, even during its tenure in federal government, warrant its leading role. He urged the PAS Youth chief, Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden, to ensure this vision materializes, with divine permission. In February, the youth wing proposed Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar, PAS vice-president, as a prime ministerial candidate, lauding him as a composed and results-driven technocrat. However, Bersatu information chief Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz cautioned PAS Youth to respect other Perikatan Nasional (PN) component parties. During the September 2025 PN general assembly, Muhyiddin Yassin was unanimously selected as the party's prime ministerial candidate, a decision PAS election director Sanusi Nor urged Bersatu to avoid making hastily. Ilyas emphasized that the pursuit of Muslim unity should be pursued diligently, without straying from the party's core principles, which are derived from the Quran and Sunnah. He proposed that any proposed unity charter should be meticulously drafted, anchored on shared foundational principles, guided by mutual respect.",
  "summary": "PAS Youth delegate from Kedah, Ilyas Ahmad, says the Islamic party was deserving of a leading role in the federal government due to its clean record.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Time for PAS to lead with its own PM candidate, says youth leader",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/time-for-pas-to-lead-with-its-own-pm-candidate-says-youth-leader",
        "published": "2026-09-03T15:13:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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