Fazl calls for early joint session of parliament over LoC violation

Published February 27, 2019
JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman speaks to the audience at a seminary in Larkana on Tuesday.—Dawn
JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman speaks to the audience at a seminary in Larkana on Tuesday.—Dawn

LARKANA: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman on Tuesday called for urgently summoning a joint session of parliament to discuss the fresh violation of the Line of Control (LoC) by India.

Addressing a congregation at a seminary, Jamia Islamia Isha’atul Quran-o-Hadith, he said an in-camera session of parliament should discuss the issue which was vital for national security. Describing the matter of intrusion of the enemy into Pakistan’s boundaries as very serious, he observed that India had under the cover of night violated the LoC.

He said the entire nation stood with the country’s defence forces in protecting the frontiers; all issues should be placed before the joint session of parliament. He appealed to the nation to demonstrate strong unity at this critical moment and prayed for the armed forces.

The maulana, who also heads Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), also talked about the rallies the JUI-F and MMA was successfully holding under the title of ‘million march’ throughout the country and referred to a recent rally held one in Badin. He said the huge public participation spoke volumes about peoples’ commitment to safeguard the Islamic identity of Pakistan and its ideology. He said the eighth ‘million march’ would be held in a couple of days in Nasirabad [Balochistan].

With an apparent reference to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)-led government, he alleged that they were attempting to go against the ideology of Pakistan and in the same breath added that they would not succeed.

Speaking on the occasion, JUI-F Sindh chapter general secretary Maulana Rashid Mehmood Soomro claimed that the JUI-F occupied central position in the province and had emerged as a genuine representative party of the people of Sindh. According to him, the movement launched would continue to help redress public problems. “We condemn in strongest terms the violation of the Line of Control by India,” he said and pledged to protect every inch of the country.

Others who also spoke on the occasion included Maulana Mohammed Ramzan Phulpoto, Maulana Abdullah Pahore, Maulana Mohammed Aslam Ghouri, Qari Mohammed Usman and Maulana Mohammed Amjad Khan.

At another religious event, Dastar-i-Fazilat, held in the same Jamia, Maulana Fazl had performed turban-wearing ceremony of six muftis, 45 ulema and 55 Huffaz-i-Quran on completion of their religious education.

He congratulated the scholars and others who had successfully completed their studies at the Jamia.

The congregation in a unanimously passed resolution expressed concern over the slow-paced judicial proceedings into the murder case of Khalid Mehmood Soomro. If the suspects arrested in the case were released on bail, the Sindh government would solely be responsible for the consequences, the resolution added.

Published in Dawn, February 27th, 2019

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