By Hazlin Hassan, Malaysia Correspondent

KUALA LUMPUR: The next few days could see a new direction for Malaysia's one-million-strong Islamist Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS).

Some 1,000 PAS delegates will decide whether to have leaders from the conservative clerical faction or those from the liberal wing that supports closer ties with non-Muslims.

At a five-day PAS annual assembly which begins in Shah Alam tomorrow, the delegates will also decide whether to turn the PAS Supporters' Club of some 50,000 non-Muslims into a full wing or leave them as associate members.

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