ISLAMABAD – Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (Fazal) yesterday announced that it will launch a new round of nationwide consultations in August to determine the next phase of its anti-government movement, with conventions planned across all four provinces as well as Islamabad.
In a statement, JUI-F spokesperson Aslam Ghauri said the party had decided to consult its provincial and district office-bearers through a series of conventions aimed at formulating its future political strategy.
According to the announcement, the conventions will be held in Quetta, Peshawar, Sukkur and Multan, where JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, along with senior central and provincial leaders, will address party workers and office-bearers.
Ghauri said the consultations would focus on the party’s future course of action against inflation, deteriorating law and order, what it described as growing lawlessness, and legislation enacted beyond the framework of the Constitution.
He added that the conventions would also address what the party termed a recent “false propaganda campaign” against Maulana Fazlur Rehman, with party leaders intending to counter the allegations during the meetings.
The JUI-F spokesperson said the party would continue its struggle for the supremacy of the Constitution and the survival of democracy both inside Parliament and through public mobilisation across the country.
He alleged that the party’s voice in Parliament had been subjected to a “blackout,” while attempts were being made to discredit its public campaign through character assassination. He said the party would challenge both trends.
Ghauri maintained that JUI-F had consistently opposed extremism, sectarianism and ethnic politics, adding that the party would not accept what it described as character assassination and baseless propaganda as the reward for its efforts.
He also reiterated the party’s stance on the electoral process, saying JUI-F would continue pursuing those it accused of “stealing elections.”
Calling on party workers to prepare for the next phase of the movement, Ghauri expressed confidence that the party’s upcoming push against the government would prove decisive, saying the “next blow” would be the last for what he described as “walls of sand.”
