No contact with Adiala jail inmate: Fazl

ISLAMABAD: JUIF chief Fazlur Rehman Tuesday said he had no contact with the Adiala jail inmate adding that social media was misleading the people in this regard.

Addressing a press conference here, Fazlur Rehman said there was a ceasefire between the PTI and them. He claimed the government had lost its writ in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “We rejected the results of 2018 and we reject the results of 2024 elections too. After Eid, there would be a meeting of Majlis-e-Amila in which the future action plan would be made,” he said.

“In the current situation, there’s no solution other than fresh elections. We are not the ones to resign from the assemblies, we are the people to play a role there. We did not compromise on principles and will not surrender politically, as we believe in a democratic and parliamentary system.

He said the people of the four provinces had rejected the theft of elections through public assemblies and told the world that the election results were not genuine.

Fazl said the state was putting pressure on them without providing employment and not accepting their demands. “The situation is the same in Angoor Ada. The Durand Line has divided houses and this is the situation from Waziristan to Chaman. The house is divided; they are taking away the employment opportunities from the people in Chaman in the name of Pakistan’s interest,” he said.

“We have been thinking and waiting for the institutions to come to their senses; the issue has to be resolved, an environment for cooperation should be created and demands of people should be accepted,” Fazl added. “We do not want to see the army and national defence weakened but they want to look strong and want to see us and parliament weak.”

He said Pakistan was an Islamic state but people were disappearing adding, “We tried to pass legislation in the past to prevent forced disappearances.”