Talking to the media at the residence of his party’s leader Agha Ayub in Sukkur on Monday, the politico-religious leader said the nation could judge Imran’s seriousness in politics by his statements about the recent murder of JUI-F leader Dr Khalid Soomro.
The JUI-F chief predicted that Imran’s plans, from A to Z, would fail, including his announcement regarding shutting down Pakistan, which was an attempt to revisit the history of General Niazi.
Fazlur Rehman claimed that nobody from Sindh or Balochistan had attended PTI’s November 30 rally in Islamabad. He refuted allegations that JUI-F protesters stopped PTI supporters from travelling to Islamabad, and said that in Punjab all the roads were open. “Our protest and sit-in in Pehawar ended at 4 pm. Then why did people fail to show up at his rally when it takes only two hours to reach Islamabad from Peshawar?”
The JUI-F chief said that Imran’s reaction on Dr Khalid’s murder was beyond their expectations. “If Imran Khan was a serious and sincere politician he should have joined our protest like other parties did. But he is busy dancing and singing with people, and didn’t utter a word of sympathy,” he said, alleging that the PTI had installed its government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa (K-P) through massive rigging.
About the murder of Dr. Khalid, he said that JUI-F’s protest will continue till the arrest of the culprits. “Ours is a peaceful party and it is the responsibility of the government and state to arrest the murderers. If this is beyond the government’s capacity, then everyone should pick up weapons for self-protection,” he added.
The JUI-F leader said the government was focused on the Taliban and al Qaeda, but nobody cared about a diplomat who had issued 700 visas to traders and members of Blackwater without the clearance of the security agencies.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 2nd, 2014.
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Unbelievable that Nawaz league now is depending upon this Maulana and Mr 10 percent to protect them self, well it is astonishing that it has come to this, this democracy has become a joke it self where corrupt protect them self and there intrests, he is not worried about the children death in thar parkar and sargodha because that would not fetch him vote as his vote bank is in KPK..
This is the only statement of FuR where I agree with him. One can not talk to jokers.Instead of plan A,B,C,D he should learn the A,B,C,D of politics. You do not go with 100,000 people on an indefinite sit in with this 'nothing less than the PM resignation' plan.