ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-Fazl) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman late Thursday night warned the government against consequences for arrests and threatening of Parliamentarians from the opposition benches and said that if these threatening tactics would go on, then his party would make a final decision.
Addressing the media after a meeting with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders on the Constitutional Amendments proposals, Maulana Fazl said that his talks with the government coalition parties were going on right track and there was no need to hurl threats to the opposition Members of the Parliament (MPs).
“Our lawmaker has been threatened while daughter in law of Shah Mahmood Qureshi was picked up last night. Now Akhtar Mengal has complained that his party lawmakers are being threatened. We will ask the govt why such tactics when talks are on. If they don’t behave, then we will disrupt talks with them,” he asserted.
He said that he had convened party’s parliamentary party meeting and gave a specific direction for vote on the Constitutional Amendment and all MPs would follow it.
He said that his talks with the PTI leaders remained fruitful and both parties agreed on major points. He said talks would continue for few more days. The Maulana said that the JUI-F had already rejected the government draft proposals and will do the same if the government did not agree to their proposals.
He said that his party was against person specific lawmaking and would not become a part of any lawmaking to benefit or target any individual.
PTI Chairman Gohar Khan said that his party delegation held fruitful discussions with the JUI chief and they had also shared PTI’s proposed amendments with the Maulana.
“We will consult with Imran Khan today and will come out with the party’s decision,” he said.
