Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) announced it would “play more active role” against the PML-N-led collation government in Centre after April 20.
Speaking on Geo News show ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath’, JUI-F Senator Kamran Murtaza: “The [JUI-F] will play more active role against the government. We do not want to sit with the government.”
“It will never happen. If anyone thinks JUI-F will side with the government, they are mistaken,” the JUI-F leader categorically said.
Responding to a question about differences between the JUI-F and the PTI, Murtaza said that his party certainly had a “bitter” experience, adding that the differences were yet to be resolved.“We have converted the bitter past into a working relationship,” he added.
He, however, said that both parties were on the same page over some issues, including “massive rigging” in the February 8, 2024 general elections and “violation” of the Constitution by the incumbent government.
Responding to a question, the senator said that the JUI-F was not part of the Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Ayeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP), adding that they attended the two-day conference as an observer.When asked if the JUI-F would join the PTI’s protest call after Eid-ul-Fitr, the senator said that it would be premature to say whether his party would be part of the protest or not.
Earlier in the day, the TTAP, a multi-party opposition alliance, stressed the need for a national dialogue to steer the country out of the economic and political crises amid “worsening” situation.
In their joint declaration issued after the conclusion of the two-day grand moot in the federal capital, the opposition parties stated: “The country’s deteriorating situation demands a joint strategy to stabilise Pakistan through national dialogue.”
The opposition’s two-day conference held with TTAP chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai in the chair at a local hotel in Islamabad.The solution to the country’s problems lies in rule of law and supremacy of the Constitution, it added.
The moot held the “rigged” February 8, 2024 general elections responsible for the ongoing economic, political and social crises facing the country.
