Key Takeaways
- JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman advised the government not to obstruct PTI’s long march to Islamabad.
- Maulana Fazlur Rahman urged the government to trust the PTI’s intention for a peaceful protest.
- A delegation of opposition parties, including JUI-F and Senate opposition leader, met with Maulana Fazlur Rahman.
JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman has advised the government to allow the PTI’s long march to Islamabad, stating that protests are a democratic right.
Speaking to the media outside his residence, Maulana Fazlur Rahman urged the government to trust the PTI’s commitment to a peaceful protest, adding that any dialogue required mutual give-and-take.
Maulana Fazlur Rahman claimed that the dialogue between the government and the opposition could have been successful if ‘behind-the-scenes forces’ had not participated.
The JUI-F leader also stated that political forces believe in dialogue and that the opposition parties had held consultations in parliament.
Maulana Fazlur Rahman rejected the talks of an anti-terrorism operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, saying that operations had been conducted from Swat to Waziristan but the people there had not been able to return to their homes.
He added that the provincial government in KP had been paralysed due to ongoing lawlessness and that the situation in the province continued to deteriorate.
Maulana Fazlur Rahman also countered the talks of an anti-terrorism operation, saying that operations had been conducted from Swat to Waziristan but the people there had not been able to return to their homes.
A delegation of opposition parties, including Senate opposition leader Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, arrived at Maulana’s residence to congratulate him and invite him to participate in the multi-party conference.
Speaking on the occasion, Senator Allama Raja Nasir Abbas said that the delegation arrived at Maulana’s residence soon after he returned from Umrah to congratulate him and invite him to participate in the conference.
He added that the opposition sought a consensus-based agenda, since an agenda formulated through consultation would contain solutions to the problems facing the entire country.
We are all Pakistanis, and we are all patriots. We stand with the Constitution and the state. Nobody’s loyalty to the country is in doubt.
Maulana Fazlur Rahman, JUI-F chief
We are all children of Pakistan; we cannot remain indifferent to the difficulties facing this country.
Senator Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, Senate opposition leader
