ISLAMABAD: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) has said it will attend the joint session of parliament called to discuss the Yemen crisis on Monday and give its point of view on the matter.

“Since we don’t know about the government’s policy and the way it wants to deal with the situation, our party has decided to first listen to it and then give our opinion on the matter,” JUI-F spokesperson Jan Mohammad Khan Achakzai told Dawn after a consultative meeting of the party held at the official residence of its chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman here on Sunday to discuss the Yemen crisis.

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He said the JUI-F’s principle position was that if Saudi Arabia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty came under threat, “we cannot afford to be neutral because they are our good friend. But since the civil war is going on in a third country, we should not involve our army in it”.

Although the JUI-F and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf are political rivals and don’t enjoy good relations, they have similar views on the crisis in Yemen.

Published in Dawn, April 6th, 2015

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