Fazl says law on Sindh Madaris sans Ulema consultation to be thrown out

Says provincial govt wants to impose dictatorship on Madaris

KARACHI: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Sunday that they would throw out the law on the Madaris registration and funding in Sindh if it was legislated without the consultation of Ulema.

Addressing his supporters and party loyalists at a workers convention in Karachi, Maulana Fazl said that a one-sided law would not be acceptable. He said that the Jamiat-Ulema-Islam was established in 1919 and he was happy that it was almost a century old.

He also said that during the by-elections in Taunsa, the JUI-F workers and loyalists were subjected to assault and torture.Maulana Fazlur Rehman asked the Election Commission of Pakistan to investigate the recently-held Taunsa by-elections for rigging.

He demanded that the government expunge all the fake cases registered against the JUI-F workers at once and claimed that the provincial government wanted to impose dictatorship on Madaris through legislation.