ISLAMABAD: A number one right-wing non secular chief in Pakistan on Wednesday termed the February 8 elections as “rigged” and refused to help the coalition authorities however introduced his get together’s resolution to hitch Parliament as an impartial entity. Addressing a press convention after the dismal efficiency of his get together within the elections final week, Maulana Fazlur Rehman of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) stated, his get together rejected the outcomes and alleged that the rigging witnessed throughout these polls was unmatched.
JUI-F was a part of the earlier coalition authorities that was fashioned after the autumn of the federal government of Imran Khan in April 2022. In contrast to different companions within the authorities, it couldn’t carry out properly within the latest polls and received simply 4 seats within the Nationwide Meeting out of 266 contested seats.
Not one of the three principal political events garnered a transparent majority, prompting two of them to announce a coalition with 4 different events. It’s not simply JUI-F however different events together with former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) get together too have made comparable allegations.
“Within the eyes of JUI-F, the Parliament has misplaced its significance and democracy is dropping its case. It appears as if selections will now be taken on the bottom and never Parliament,” he stated.
The appropriate-wing chief rejected the Election Fee of Pakistan’s assertion during which it declared the polls “free and truthful” and said that the position of the ECP had been doubtful from the beginning and it had rejected petitions filed by the JUI-F’s candidates.
To a different question, he stated that the JUI-F was not subservient to each the Pakistan Peoples Occasion (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the 2 prime events that joined fingers to type a coalition authorities.
He, nevertheless, introduced that his get together would play its parliamentary position however would change into part of the assemblies with reservations.
Rehman additionally invited PML-N prime chief Nawaz Sharif to take a seat within the opposition benches. “I, subsequently, invite the PML-N and Nawaz to return with us and sit within the opposition,” he stated, including that the Parliament belonged to everybody.
He additionally declared his get together was defeated underneath a world conspiracy.
“Defeating the JUI-F by ballot rigging was a conspiracy of anti-Islamic parts. Our fault is that we performed our position in mending the connection between Pakistan and Afghanistan, which isn’t acceptable to the US. Our fault is that we spoke up in opposition to Israeli actions in Gaza and supported Hamas,” he stated.
To a query about an alliance with the PTI, as each events rejected the election outcomes, he did not flip down the thought.
“We had variations with the PTI however our battle is with their minds, not their our bodies. We hope this subject shall be resolved,” he stated and hoped that the PTI would change its mindset quickly.
The get together received 11 seats within the Balochistan meeting out of 51 seats and emerged as the biggest group together with the Pakistan Peoples Occasion (PPP), which additionally obtained 11 seats. JUI-F additionally obtained three seats within the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province the place elections had been held on 113 seats and two seats in Sindh out of 130.
The JUI-F controls dozens of madrassas within the nation and has the ability to convey its hardline supporters on the road. It was instrumental in arranging massive protests in opposition to Imran Khan when he was in energy.
By becoming a member of fingers with the PTI or different teams having reservations concerning the final result of the elections, the get together can pose a severe menace to the brand new authorities.
In outcomes declared over three days, impartial candidates backed by PTI had received essentially the most seats in Parliament and the get together has alleged that its mandate has been “stolen at nighttime of the night time.”
JUI-F was a part of the earlier coalition authorities that was fashioned after the autumn of the federal government of Imran Khan in April 2022. In contrast to different companions within the authorities, it couldn’t carry out properly within the latest polls and received simply 4 seats within the Nationwide Meeting out of 266 contested seats.
Not one of the three principal political events garnered a transparent majority, prompting two of them to announce a coalition with 4 different events. It’s not simply JUI-F however different events together with former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) get together too have made comparable allegations.
“Within the eyes of JUI-F, the Parliament has misplaced its significance and democracy is dropping its case. It appears as if selections will now be taken on the bottom and never Parliament,” he stated.
The appropriate-wing chief rejected the Election Fee of Pakistan’s assertion during which it declared the polls “free and truthful” and said that the position of the ECP had been doubtful from the beginning and it had rejected petitions filed by the JUI-F’s candidates.
To a different question, he stated that the JUI-F was not subservient to each the Pakistan Peoples Occasion (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the 2 prime events that joined fingers to type a coalition authorities.
He, nevertheless, introduced that his get together would play its parliamentary position however would change into part of the assemblies with reservations.
Rehman additionally invited PML-N prime chief Nawaz Sharif to take a seat within the opposition benches. “I, subsequently, invite the PML-N and Nawaz to return with us and sit within the opposition,” he stated, including that the Parliament belonged to everybody.
He additionally declared his get together was defeated underneath a world conspiracy.
“Defeating the JUI-F by ballot rigging was a conspiracy of anti-Islamic parts. Our fault is that we performed our position in mending the connection between Pakistan and Afghanistan, which isn’t acceptable to the US. Our fault is that we spoke up in opposition to Israeli actions in Gaza and supported Hamas,” he stated.
To a query about an alliance with the PTI, as each events rejected the election outcomes, he did not flip down the thought.
“We had variations with the PTI however our battle is with their minds, not their our bodies. We hope this subject shall be resolved,” he stated and hoped that the PTI would change its mindset quickly.
The get together received 11 seats within the Balochistan meeting out of 51 seats and emerged as the biggest group together with the Pakistan Peoples Occasion (PPP), which additionally obtained 11 seats. JUI-F additionally obtained three seats within the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province the place elections had been held on 113 seats and two seats in Sindh out of 130.
The JUI-F controls dozens of madrassas within the nation and has the ability to convey its hardline supporters on the road. It was instrumental in arranging massive protests in opposition to Imran Khan when he was in energy.
By becoming a member of fingers with the PTI or different teams having reservations concerning the final result of the elections, the get together can pose a severe menace to the brand new authorities.
In outcomes declared over three days, impartial candidates backed by PTI had received essentially the most seats in Parliament and the get together has alleged that its mandate has been “stolen at nighttime of the night time.”
