JUI-F poised to hold Azadi March in Oct
'If roads would be blocked the whole country would be jammed. Our protest is against an illegitimate government'
Maulana Fazlur Rehman. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on Wednesday announced it will hold Azadi March in October under any circumstances. The march will be organised between October 16 and 31 after talks with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and other political parties.
“We don’t want any conflict with state institutions. The protest will be peaceful,” JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman said while talking to reporters after an extensive meeting of party’s executive committee at Madrassa Farooq-e-Azam in Islamabad.
To a question, he said: “If roads would be blocked the whole country would be jammed. Our protest is against an illegitimate government.” Fazl urged other political parties to back his anti-government protest.
The JUI-F chief also condemned Pakistan Peoples Party leader Khursheed Shah’s arrest and called it “political victimisation”.
He further condemned the recent attack at Saudi oil refinery and observed that Pakistan shared the grief of its Muslim brothers in other countries.
“If deliberations can be held on Kartarpur Corridor [with India] despite the prevailing situation in Kashmir… why not a sit-in,” he answered to a question.
The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on Wednesday announced it will hold Azadi March in October under any circumstances. The march will be organised between October 16 and 31 after talks with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and other political parties.
“We don’t want any conflict with state institutions. The protest will be peaceful,” JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman said while talking to reporters after an extensive meeting of party’s executive committee at Madrassa Farooq-e-Azam in Islamabad.
To a question, he said: “If roads would be blocked the whole country would be jammed. Our protest is against an illegitimate government.” Fazl urged other political parties to back his anti-government protest.
The JUI-F chief also condemned Pakistan Peoples Party leader Khursheed Shah’s arrest and called it “political victimisation”.
He further condemned the recent attack at Saudi oil refinery and observed that Pakistan shared the grief of its Muslim brothers in other countries.
“If deliberations can be held on Kartarpur Corridor [with India] despite the prevailing situation in Kashmir… why not a sit-in,” he answered to a question.