RAWALPINDI: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that a democratically and constitutionally elected government is in place and there is no justification for demanding mid-term elections.
“It is not appropriate time to come on the roads with an aim to derail democracy,” he said at a news conference on Thursday. The maulana said all institutions were working within their parameters and it was the responsibility of all to allow the country’s nascent democratic system to flourish.
He said the nation would not accept any imported revolution, adding that Israeli, Canadian and Indian agendas would not be allowed to be imposed on people.
In reply to a question, the JUI-F chief said his party was not in favour of the Protection of Pakistan Ordinance. He said the dialogue process between the government and the Taliban could yield the desired results only if all stakeholders were taken on board.
Maulana Fazl, who heads the Kashmir Committee, said the longstanding issue of Kashmir must be resolved in accordance with the wishes of Kashmiri people and resolutions adopted by the UN Security Council on the issue.
Published in Dawn, May 16th, 2014
