Sheer desperation

After the fizzling out of his three consecutive protest plans, JUI (F) Central Amir Maulana Fazalu Rehman has questioned the legitimacy of  the lower house of the parliament. Talking to media persons in Islamabad, the JUI Supremo argued that casting vote either in favour or against the tabled bill seeking amendment in the Army Act amounts to establishing the legitimacy of the present National Assembly which came into existence what he often allege as rigged elections. But interestingly the son of Maualna Fazalu Rehman, Maulana Asad Mahmood had won National Assembly seat in 2018 polls. Is it not a strange logic depicting undemocratic behavour?

Out of desperation, JUI Central Amir has lashed out on PML-N President Shabaz Sharif for assuring his party’s parliamentary support to government on Army Act amendment bill. The Maulana described it a decision which has driven a wedge in the ranks of opposition. It merits mention that leadership of two major political parties has shown sanity and had refrained from creating controversy on legislation about a state institution. They rightly distanced themselves from the self-serving and myopic political ambitions of JUI chief. They had also remained confined to speeches and verbal support at the so called Azadi March gathering in Islamabad last year. It appears that either by default or by design Maulana Fazalu Rehman has adopted an oblivious attitude towards the situation on the line of control, mass protest of Muslims in India against the Citizenship Amendment Bill and Citizen Registration Register which has entered in third week. He has also kept mum over the escalating tension in the Middle East after the unilateral action of the US in the shape air strike in Baghdad, killing top Iranian Commander Qasem Solamani. Is it not an expression of anger and frustration for being out of the corridors of power?