GUJRANWALA: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Friday the incumbent government would crumble the day the powers that be backtracked from its support.
Addressing a press conference in Gujranwala, he said “ his party believes in a political solution through negotiations, PTI did not take the opposition into confidence before talking to the government.
He said that the government’s writ in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had been absent as armed groups were ruling there while the situation in Balochistan also worrying.
The JUI chief said “it is necessary that the situation in Balochistan be looked at seriously at the state level.”
On the Peca act, he said the JUI-F chief said the suggestions of journalists on the controversial act should have been taken before its passage.
Earlier, A delegation of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) met with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman at his residence on Tuesday, extending an invitation to join the opposition’s grand alliance against the government.
According to media, the PTI delegation included Opposition Leader Omar Ayub, Salman Akram Raja, Asad Qaiser, Hamid Raza, and Akhunzada Yousafzai.
During the meeting, the PTI leaders proposed JUI-F’s participation in the formation of a government-opposing alliance. To facilitate discussions, a joint committee was also formed, comprising Senator Kamran Murtaza from JUI-F and Asad Qaiser from PTI. –Agencies
