KARACHI: Veteran politician and chief of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday met leading Islamic scholar Mufti Taqi Usmani and exchanged views on a recent verdict of the apex court regarding Ahmadis as well as atrocities being committed by Israel on defenceless Palestinians in Gaza.

A spokesperson for the JUI-F said that the two leaders also discussed the fundraising for the victims of Israel’s aggression.

They also discussed at length the legal aspects of the Supreme Court’s observation and order in the light of Islamic jurisprudence.

He said that the two leaders particularly expressed their concern over the food shortage and lack of medical facilities in the devastated Gaza.

He said that shifting of injured Palestinian children from Gaza for medical treatment in Pakistan was also discussed in the meeting of the two leaders.

To a question, he said that the JUI-F chief had been scheduled to leave for Quetta on Monday morning, but he preferred to postpone his departure in view of extremely harsh weather in Balochistan.

He said that Maulana Fazl would leave for Quetta on Tuesday.

Published in Dawn, March 5th, 2024