Nawaz, Fazl discuss political situation

Published September 11, 2014
Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. — File photo
Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. — File photo

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Thursday called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the Prime Minister House in the federal capital where the two discussed the prevailing political situation in the country.

Fazl and PM Nawaz also discussed the ongoing anti-government sit-ins by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) in the federal capital and reviewed progress on talks between the government and the protesting parties.

Sources told Dawn that the security situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) also came under discussion during the meeting.

Fazl, the chief of the main opposition party in KP Assembly, has been a strong rival of PTI chairman Imran Khan and his political stand against the government. He had extended his support in favour of democracy for the country.

The JUI-F leader had said that his party would support PM Nawaz to complete his constitutional tenure as he was the elected representative of the nation.

The current political deadlock was created a month ago when protesters from the PTI and PAT gathered in the federal capital to initiate anti-government protests.

The PTI had originally demanded the prime minister’s ouster for his alleged role in the May 11, 2013 elections saying they were massively rigged, but later after a round of talks revised it to a resignation for only a month to allow a free probe of the elections by the proposed judicial commission.

The PAT wants the Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to also resign, for allegedly ordering a June 17 police shooting at the party headquarters in Lahore that left at least 14 PAT followers dead.

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