Fazal urges national unity for holding election timely

F.P. Report

PESHAWAR: The head of Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI-F) Maulana Fazalur Rehman has stressed the need of national unity to hold next election in time and signaled all the political parties have geared up for next polls.

Addressing to religious scholars convention in Peshawar, Fazal ur Rehman said that when political war waged in the country the political unrest gets started, however JUI was doing Jihad in shape of politics.

“It is high time that we work our way towards national unity because without unity, this nation won’t make it through to the elections in 2018,” Rehman warned during an address in Mardan.

“Terrorism has become the Pakistan’s main issue but who is the responsible for that?” he said adding that US president has hurled allegations on Pakistan, however the priorities of the global powers have been changed as the passage of the time.

Discussing the US policy for the region, Rehman remarked that the country is ‘habitual of talking about negotiations’ after it ‘wages war on Muslims.’

“I fail to understand what is the US objection if we are standing with a law and our country,” he said. “The only objection they [US] have is that we made their agenda unsuccessful.”

He alleged that international powers want to destabilize the country.

“International powers won’t to destablize Pakistan,” Rehman stressed, adding that the country should take the path of national unity.

He stated that (political parties) may disagree on strategic decisions but the quest of peace is a common wish. He also said that his party’s participation in the upcoming general elections was being forcefully obstructed.