KARACHI: The district administration on Wednesday refused to grant permission for an anti-Israel meeting on January 21 planned by Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman.
The party had submitted a request for a No Objection Certificate (NOC) on January 12 seeking permission from the office of the Karachi (East) deputy commissioner.
However, reports citing sources suggest deputy commissioner Muhammad Ali Shah has sought the opinion of Sindh Police and the application is under process.
Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, JUI-F Sindh information secretary Maulana Taj Mohammad Nahiyoon, flanked by Hafiz Khalid Hassan Dhamrah and Hafiz Mohammad Azam Jehangiri, said the party chief would lead the rally and Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leadership would attend the show but it would be a JUI-F event.
On the occasion, Maulana Nahiyoon said that Pakistani nation would never accept Israel. JUI-F had been agitating against this “incompetent” and “selected” government of PTI since July 25, 2018.
The party staged Azadi march which was “exemplary” as no participant in the march smashed even a single windowpane during the protest, he had said.
He further said that JUI-F had adopted the democratic path of peaceful struggle. The masses would soon hear good news about ouster of this “selected” government, he said.
The party alleged this “selected” government was trying to pave the way for recognising Israel. PTI leaders had discussed this option in different talk shows and one assembly member had even supported Israel in National Assembly to hurt feelings of Muslims.
Instead of discussing freedom of Palestine the PTI government was doing politics for support of Israel.
