The PAS syura council has upheld the decision of the Islamist party's muktamar to sever political ties with PKR.

Council secretary Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh announced this after the council's meeting at the party headquarters in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon.

“The decision was made by referring to the terms of the 'tahaluf siyasi' (political cooperation), and so the political relationship is cancelled,” he told reporters.

Nik Muhammad said there were numerous infringments with regard to the 'tahaluf siyasi' according to Islamic tenets.

Among them, he said was PKR not supporting, and even opposing, some of the Islamic-related agendas brought forth by PAS...