SLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that the party’s Majlis-e-Shura — top decision-making body — has decided against becoming part of any alliance for now, while expressing “serious reservations” over the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) amid reports that the two parties were on a verge of joining hands against the coalition government led by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
Fazl’s party has been holding meetings with the former ruling party after they both termed the February 8 elections “rigged” and also voiced shared concerns about the federal government’s policies on the economy and the menace of terrorism in the country.
The Imran Khan-founded party and JUI-F have jointly opposed the Centre’s newly-announced anti-militancy operation, Azm-e-Istehkam, raising concerns that parliament was not taken into confidence on the matter.
In a meeting with senior PTI leader Asad Qaiser last week, Fazl agreed that the military operation was not the solution to the problems.
They also agreed on fulfilling the role of opposition in the National Assembly together, and also constituting a political committee to address various issues between them and formulate a political strategy.
