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Fazl speaks to Shehbaz, Bilawal as he scrambles to hold opposition together
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has sprung into action to hold the crumbling opposition alliance together in the wake of what appears to be the beginning of a falling out between the two major component parties, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). Fazl spoke with PML-N President Shehbaz […]
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has sprung into action to hold the crumbling opposition alliance together in the wake of what appears to be the beginning of a falling out between the two major component parties, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
Fazl spoke with PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on the phone on Sunday. The JUI-F chief will also hold separate meetings with the two leaders next week. The three opposition leaders agreed to continue their anti-government movement.
In his conversation with Bilawal, Fazl stressed the importance of the opposition parties to remain united after the “worst horse-trading” witnessed in their no-confidence motion against the Senate chairman.
The JUI-F chief also stressed the need for members of the opposition parties refraining from giving statements against each other. Bilawal told Fazl that the opposition parties’ defeat in Senate was actually a moral victory for them as it had exposed the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s “undemocratic approach”.
JUI-F chief will hold separate meetings with the two leaders next week
Speaking with Shehbaz, the JUI-F chief said it was necessary to take action against the opposition senators who had betrayed their parties by voting against the no-trust motion. He also suggested convening a meeting of the joint opposition’s Rahbar Committee to remove misunderstandings.
The PML-N and PPP are increasingly growing suspicious of each other following the joint opposition’s failure to unseat the Senate chairman through its no-confidence motion despite having a majority in the upper house of parliament.
During a recent interview, PML-N leader Khawaja Asif doubted the possibility of his party’s alliance with the PPP lasting for long. “You will soon see fissures in the alliance. Mistrust between the two parties [PML-N and PPP] is growing and I think it will further increase in the coming days,” he maintained.
The PML-N leader also hinted that the PPP had betrayed the other opposition parties in the no-trust motion. “They [PPP] don’t want to lose the Sindh government. We have nothing to lose.”
Asif also described the PPP senators’ move to submit their resignations to the party chairman as a “political gimmick”. “To be honest, this is nothing. I will believe it when they actually step down as senators,” he added.
In response, PPP’s Senator Sherry Rehman expressed her disappointment and said AsifR17;s comments were tantamount to “smashing the opposition alliance into pieces”. She sought an explanation from the PML-N over its senior leader’s remarks. “The PPP too has its reservations [over the policies of other opposition parties] but never expressed them openly to keep the alliance intact,” she claimed.
In a statement, PPP Information Secretary Nafisa Shah asked PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz to take notice of AsifR17;s statement. “The PPP entered into an alliance with the PML-N for the sake of democracy even though its activists were unhappy about it,” she said. “The PML-N itself has been unable to keep its senators in check.”
