JUI-F emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman has claimed that former prime minister Imran Khan was “imposed” upon the country and his agenda was to “destroy the economy”.

While addressing an election gathering in Tehsil Jatoi of Muzaffargarh, the JUI-F chief also lamented that Pakistan’s religious identity has been eroded in the past 76 years.

Without naming him, Maulana Fazl censured the former PM, saying that after the 2018 elections, “an illegitimate assembly and illegitimate ruler” came to power.

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