Will the JUI-F march be able to unseat Imran Khan's government?

[Belawal2014]

Wait, why is he demanding Imran Khan's resignation? What's the basis for his demands?

 

[szundercover]

Wait, why is he demanding Imran Khan's resignation? What's the basis for his demands?

Apparently israel and india are not happy with khans policies.

 

[Abdullah719]

Wait, why is he demanding Imran Khan's resignation? What's the basis for his demands?

Yahoodi saazish.

 

[Belawal2014]

Apparently israel and india are not happy with khans policies.

Yahoodi saazish.

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[Boiz Played Well]

JUI-F announces road blocks for KP

JUI-F announced the closure of major roads across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa today.

The party's media cell on Wednesday said that the roads would be closed as part of 'Plan-B' of the protests.

The road blocked announced by the party in the province are:

Bannu Indus Highway will be closed in Bannu
Shahra-e-Resham in Hazara division
GT Road will be closed at Hakimabad, Nowshera
Chakdara Road in Malakand division, which is expected to be closed at noon
The party urged workers to remain peaceful and give way to patients commuting.

 

[Boiz Played Well]

PPP says it will not allow JUI-F to expand protest into Sindh

PPP, which has so far supported JUI-F's protest, declares that it will not allow the right-wing party to expand its protests into PPP-ruled Sindh.

JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman called off the party’s 13-day sit-in in Islamabad on Wednesday and annou*nced that his party’s anti-government movement would continue across the country.

In Karachi, Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani was asked about the proposed plan of blockades of roads and highways by the JUI-F.

"It can never be allowed," he said.

"If any individual or group plans to take to the streets, blocks the roads, puts hurdles to people’s life and challenge the writ of the government, it’s not going to happen. We don’t want anyone to disturb common man’s life and it’s the prime duty of the government to keep regular business normal with all due security and protection."

 

[King-Misbah]

PPP says it will not allow JUI-F to expand protest into Sindh

PPP, which has so far supported JUI-F's protest, declares that it will not allow the right-wing party to expand its protests into PPP-ruled Sindh.

JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman called off the party’s 13-day sit-in in Islamabad on Wednesday and annou*nced that his party’s anti-government movement would continue across the country.

In Karachi, Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani was asked about the proposed plan of blockades of roads and highways by the JUI-F.

"It can never be allowed," he said.

"If any individual or group plans to take to the streets, blocks the roads, puts hurdles to people’s life and challenge the writ of the government, it’s not going to happen. We don’t want anyone to disturb common man’s life and it’s the prime duty of the government to keep regular business normal with all due security and protection."

What a hypocrisy! Block Islamabad, we will join you there JUIF but not Sindh #PPP Bunch of loonys!

 

[Mamoon]

As I said earlier, this is not a football match where you get a clear result after 90 mins. Dharnas weaken governments.

Furthermore, PTI has been exposed for the pack of liars that they are. They have severely damaged their credibility with the $12b story.

 

[WebGuru]

As I said earlier, this is not a football match where you get a clear result after 90 mins. Dharnas weaken governments.

Furthermore, PTI has been exposed for the pack of liars that they are. They have severely damaged their credibility with the $12b story.

Please provide a link where IK or a Govt Spokesperson mentioned 14b or any deal amount?

 

[Boiz Played Well]

'Plan B': Pakistan anti-government protesters leave capital to block roads countrywide


ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters in Pakistan called off a two-week sit-in on the capital’s main highway on Wednesday, but began what they called a “Plan B” aimed at crippling the country’s roads and ousting Prime Minister Imran Khan.

The protests, led by Fazl-ur-Rehman, head of the conservative Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F) party, began with the “Azadi” (freedom) March on Oct. 27 from the southern city of Karachi.

Thousands of protesters reached the capital Islamabad on Oct. 31, where they have been holding a sit-in demanding Khan’s resignation and a fresh election, over allegations of electoral fraud and mismanagement of the economy - accusations the government denies.

On Wednesday, Rehman told supporters, who waved distinctive sticks in the black-and-white stripes of the party, to return to their home states to begin “Plan B”.

“Our strength is converged here, and our associates are out on the roads, they need your help and assistance,” Rehman told the crowd from the top of an articulated lorry that has served as a stage for nightly addresses to protesters.

“Your presence here has cut the roots of the government. In the next phase, we will demolish this trunk.”

Earlier on Wednesday, JUI-F workers holding party flags blocked the western Quetta–Chaman highway linking the country with Afghanistan, resulting in a long queue of trucks laden with goods, footage from private news channels showed.

“The roads are already blocked with our workers but we are going to sit with them,” said Qutb-ud-Din, one of the many party supporters dismantling the makeshift tent camp in Islamabad. “We are going to begin Plan B.”

Rehman is a veteran politician who can mobilize significant support in religious circles across the country, especially in the southern and western states of Balochistan and Sindh.

If successful, the expansion of the sit-in could also disrupt Sindh’s capital Karachi, Pakistan’s most populous city and its commercial hub.

Rehman’s campaign is the first concerted opposition challenge that cricket star-turned-politician Khan has faced since he won a general election last year, promising to end corruption and create jobs for the poor.

The protests come as the government is battling high inflation and a sluggish economy.

Khan ran on a platform of economic reform, but his government - like many of its predecessors - was forced to turn to the International Monetary Fund for a $6 billion bailout in July.

The opposition says Khan’s government is illegitimate and is being propped up by the military, which has ruled Pakistan for about half of its history and sets security and foreign policy.

The military denies meddling in politics and Khan has dismissed the calls to step down.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...to-block-roads-countrywide-idUSKBN1XN1GY?il=0

 

[Hermoine Green]

Please provide a link where IK or a Govt Spokesperson mentioned 14b or any deal amount?

IK came in his dream and told him about this secret deal

He always run away from questions like these.

 

[sweep_shot]

ISLAMABAD: As Plan B of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl’s (JUI-F) Azadi march came into effect on Thursday, the Chaudhry brothers of Gujrat swung into action again, lauding Maulana Fazlur Rehman for having emerged as the “genuine leader of the opposition”.

As JUI-F activists blocked some key roads in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Sindh, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi of the PML-Q met Maulana Fazl at the residence of the JUI-F’s Senator Talha Mehmood, but neither side divulged the agenda of the meeting.

However, the Maulana reiterated his demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan and said that he was seeing snap elections in the current year.

“2020 is far away. I see elections in 2019,” the JUI-F chief said while talking to media after the meeting. He also raised the demand that Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif be allowed to leave the country on medical grounds, without any pre-conditions.

Claiming that his movement was the voice of the masses, the Maulana cautioned the government that public outcry against the rulers could lead to “different paths”.

“We want the country to move forward democratically and efforts are being made to bring a healthy and independent democracy to the country, but we fear that the stubbornness of the government could result in something else,” the Maulana said.

He was apparently referring to the PNA movement of 1977 in which the JUI had played a central role.

Asked whether his Azadi march was a success, he said the sit-in had spread to every nook and corner of the country.

About his meeting with the Chaudhrys, Maulana Fazl said there was no scheduled agenda of the meeting and both sides had gathered at the residence of Senator Muhammad Talha Mehmood as he had invited them.

“During the Azadi march, the Chaudhry brothers were trying to find out a solution. We have been meeting in the past too and our demand for resignation of the government remains undeterred, while their stance too has not changed,” the JUI-F chief said.

The Maulana reiterated his claim that the government was weakening and shaking. “We are still in protest; we represent the sentiment of the people.”

However, he praised the PML-Q leaders for their efforts to save democracy in Pakistan.

Maulana Fazl described the rulers as people of lowly stature for not allowing Nawaz Sharif to go abroad.

Incidentally, Chaudhry Shujaat, a partner of PTI in the federal government, also supported the demand for allowing Nawaz Sharif to leave the country.

Meanwhile, the JUI-F leadership has started to implement their Plan B in different parts of the country. The interchange between Rawalpindi and Islamabad was blocked at 26 No. Chungi, which stopped traffic coming from Peshawar to Rawalpindi / Islamabad and even on Islamabad-Peshawar motorway.

In KP, JUI-F workers have closed several main roads across the province as part of its plan-B to force countrywide road closures.

The party activists have blocked main roads in Malakand, Nowshera, Bannu and Manshera to disconnect large areas from the rest of province. In Nowshera, about 400 JUIF activists have closed down the GT Road near Hakimabad. Party workers have also closed down Indus Highway in Bannu, Karakorum Highway in Mansehra and the major road that connects Malakand division with the rest of the province at Chakdara.

Meanwhile a spokesperson for KP government in a new conference asked the JUI-F to sit down with the provincial government to set parameters for the protest. He said the provincial government was striving to not go hard on the protesters.

In Balochistan, JUI-F protestors along with workers of the National Party and other allied parties, blocked Quetta-Karachi National Highway in Khuzdar from afternoon till late night, causing a massive traffic jam.

JUI-F activists also blocked the main road in the province’s industrial town Hub.

In Sindh, the JUI-F blocked key National Highway between Kashmore and Sukkur, a road in Karachi as well as those in other parts of the province where its partner in Azadi march, Pakistan People’s Party, which has so far supported its protest, warned that it would not allow the right- wing party to make such moves that affected the life of common man.

Later, JUI-F workers also blocked Sukkur–Multan Motorway M-5. The workers in Karachi gathered to block Hub River Road, which is one of the key links between the city and Balochistan.

Reacting to this development, Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani said that the provincial government would not allow road blockades.

Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1516815.

 

[sweep_shot]

KARACHI: Moachko police on Friday registered a case against some leaders and workers of the Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl for blocking the highway linking Karachi with Balochistan through Hub as the JUI-F started the second phase of its protest against the federal government after ending its sit-in in the federal capital.

Hub Area SHO Moha*mmed Wasim said the case had been registered against 250 baton-armed people, including some JUI-F leaders and supporters, after they suddenly blocked the highway, causing collision between vehicles and damage to some of them.

He said that the FIR had been registered against 250 people, including JUI-F provincial secretary general Allama Rashid Mehmood Soomro and some other leaders and workers, but said that no arrest had been made so far.

Police have invoked sections 147 (punishment for riots), 148 (rioting armed with deadly weapon), 149 (unlawful assembly), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 427 (mischief).

Till late Friday night, the JUI-F’s sit-in on the highway continued for the second consecutive day. The SHO said that the protesters had informed the police that they would vacate the road at night, but resume their sit-in on Saturday morning.

Meanwhile, JUI-F leader Qari Usman told Dawn that the PPP was ruling Sindh, which was their ‘ally’ in the protest against the federal government.

He said that it was ‘incomprehensible’ why the case had been registered against their party leaders and workers. He vowed to continue the protest as such tactics would not deter them from holding their sit-in.

Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1517015/jui-f-leaders-booked-for-blocking-highway.

 

[saadibaba]

Same old story, since when will we learn from history. Just like every other dharna, this one ended up being a big flop as well. And also just like any other cult, Maulana supporters are blind as well and don't mind being used as puppets for the political good of their leader. But in this case, nothing good has come out for Maulana other than maybe his channels to the "higher powers" being restored as per Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi. Who knows what good will come out of that for the Mualana in the future.

 

[Bewal Express]

Same old story, since when will we learn from history. Just like every other dharna, this one ended up being a big flop as well. And also just like any other cult, Maulana supporters are blind as well and don't mind being used as puppets for the political good of their leader. But in this case, nothing good has come out for Maulana other than maybe his channels to the "higher powers" being restored as per Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi. Who knows what good will come out of that for the Mualana in the future.

Unless wins seats and holds the balance of power, or the PPP and Nooras win, the fake Mullah is not going to get the kothi and servants he so desires.

 

[MenInG]

250 people, including JUI-F leaders, workers booked near Hub

Moachko police have lodged an FIR against 250 people — including JUI-F leaders and workers — who participated in blocking the highway linking Karachi with Balochistan through Hub.

According to Hub Area SHO Moha*mmed Wasim, those nominated in the FIR were carrying batons. JUI-F provincial secretary general Allama Rashid Mehmood Soomro is among the leaders nominated in the FIR. No arrests have been made so far, however.

Police have invoked sections 147 (punishment for riots), 148 (rioting armed with deadly weapon), 149 (unlawful assembly), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 427 (mischief).

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="ur" dir="rtl">“نوجوت سنگھ بنیادی طور پر قادیانی ہے” غفور حیدری <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JUI?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JUI</a> <a href="https://t.co/14ZppfCwTc">pic.twitter.com/14ZppfCwTc</a></p>— Noshi Gilani (@noshigilani) <a href="https://twitter.com/noshigilani/status/1195375162733973504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[sweep_shot]

LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Q, a coalition partner of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, believes that there are “some naive players” in Prime Minister Imran Khan’s team who are unable to give him the right advice.

“These naive players were advising PM Khan to establish the writ of the government [by force] during Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Islamabad sit-in. But the premier proved his wisdom by not accepting the advice of inexperienced players,” PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Husain said here on Saturday.

He said credit went to PM Khan and Interior Minister retired Brig Ijaz Shah for wisely handling the sit-in. “If it wasn’t handled wisely it was impossible to prevent a clash [between the protesters and law enforces],” he added.

This is for the first time that the leadership of the PML-Q — an important ally of the PTI government in the Centre and Punjab — had openly termed the prime minister’s advisers “naive”.

When asked about those “naive” players, a senior leader of the PML-Q said: “PTI hawks in the cabinet who are close to Mr Khan never give him the right advice. Their sole purpose is to create problems for Mr Khan and push him towards aggressive policies, which, at times, backfire.”

Besides, he said, such elements always tried to keep PM Khan away from the Chaudhrys of Gujrat at a time when their counselling could have avoided crises. “Even in the case of Maulana’s Islamabad sit-in, it was the Chaudhrys who played a key role in helping it wrap up peacefully,” he added.

The PML-Q has been in the spotlight since Chaudhry Shujaat suggested PM Khan allow former premier Nawaz Sharif to go abroad for medical treatment unconditionally and also negotiated with Maulana Fazl on behalf of the government. “Since the Chaudhrys are old players in politics and are considered close to the establishment their vocal response on the current political situation speaks volumes about the new developments taking place in the power corridors,” another leader said.

The PML-Q has one ministry in the Centre and two in Punjab. Under an agreement between the PTI and PML-Q, the latter was to be given two ministries in the Centre.

“The PTI is still holding back the second ministry. Even the second ministry in Punjab was given to the PML-Q after its lone minister resigned in protest,” he said.

The PML-Q is also not in favour of vigorously following political cases. “I suggest that PM Imran Khan show a big heart and pay full attention to improving [political] environment and do away with the political cases,” Punjab Assembly Speaker Pervaiz Elahi said in a talk with a private TV news channel. “One has to show magnanimity,” he said.

Special Assistant to the PM on Information Firdous Ashiq Awan was not available for a comment.

Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1517195/naive-advisers-around-pm-claims-shujaat.

 

[sweep_shot]

I HAVE in my earlier articles noted Imran’s main advantage over his competitors. He has actually worked for a living. Working for a living in any field whatsoever, particularly if successfully done, gives one the ability to judge the environment through the complicated prism that balances self-interest with accommodating others. This is a much-needed political skill.

The Imran Khan government’s move to set a potential ransom for Nawaz Sharif was politically brilliant. If Sharif had given an indemnity bond he would for posterity be labelled a thief. And now that the Lahore High Court has overturned the move, the judiciary might be perceived as having to shoulder part of the responsibility.

A political analysis could easily interpret the court decision as either a humanitarian gesture or a decision legalising two Pakistans: one for the rich convicts whose treatment takes place abroad and one for the poor who die in prison. In both cases Khan shall appear uncompromising on his anti-corruption agenda.

It is a good lesson for his competing parties to look again at the edge that Khan’s diverse advisory base provides him. This time it enabled him to play a difficult situation well. Perhaps instead of sticking with continuity that has kept them on a downward slope, his competitors should also develop the capability to analyse results of the advice they receive.

Unfortunately, all is not well in the state of Pakistan and continued questions remain. Overnight TV anchors who waxed eloquent on Sharif’s corruption supported his leaving in the name of humanity or political stability. The same track resonated with the government’s allies leading to speculation whether Nawaz Sharif or actually Shahbaz Sharif had again made friends with the masters.

Imran Khan may have had the optics win but the more serious challenges remain. Khan, much like Mr Bhutto, has come to power by polarising the country with his rhetoric. But very much like what happened to Mr Bhutto, whose polarisation was driven by economics including nationalisation and an attack on established elites, Khan is running the danger of powerful societal forces ganging up to eliminate him politically.

Mr Bhutto realised the dangers of the polarisation he had created a couple of years into his term and tried to retreat. Greater reliance on the landowning elites rather than his fiery socialists and reining in of reforms together with appeasement of the religious lobbies was the hallmark of the latter half of his term. The result was that he was left stranded. He had not strengthened the left wing and the downtrodden to the extent where they would launch a struggle for him and despite his overtures to the established elites they would never trust him. In the end, when Zia moved he was a sitting duck.

Perhaps Imran Khan’s realisation that he will be a sitting duck if he compromises on his anti-corruption agenda made him put up a last stand. His main problem is that, unlike Mr Bhutto, he does not have an economic vision to break the economic stranglehold maintained by purana Pakistan.

The current structure of purana Pakistan has concentrated money in the hands of people whose skill lies not in innovation and business development but in buying cheap from government and selling at a margin to the people. If one goes through the business models of the top 30 businessmen that the chief of staff met to discuss the economy, one does not find a single business leader whose innovation is recognised internationally or whose R&D spend was a visible percentage of their business. Their skill sets lie primarily in negotiating an uncompetitive, highly regulated state economy and their interest lies in keeping it that way.

The people of ******tan at an instinctive level grasp the business model of purana Pakistan and are not willing to be taxed for it. For them, each day remains a negotiation with a bloated state. Return*ing home from work without being fleeced by the cop, getting water in a bucket from a tap nearby by appeasing the local bullies against which the state provides no security, trying to obtain healthcare, acquisition of slum housing and water for agriculture are just a few daily negotiations forced by the current economic stranglehold.

Khan’s economic mantra should be generating growth, increasing participation in the economy and rolling back big government, but he is doing just the opposite. Instead of a visible programme to jump-start a growth economy by breaking the stranglehold of the established elites exercise, he is being led down the path of more taxes and more FBR to sustain or even further a big, unwieldy and incompetent public sector that uses its powers only to extort from the public and businesses on the pretext of regulation. This is an unsustainable economic situation and Imran Khan’s Achilles heel.

Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1517581/is-imran-winning.

 

[MenInG]

Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday declared that the government's days are numbered and that the JUI-F's drive had successfully mobilised masses to remove the ruling regime.

Addressing the participants of a sit-in at Bannu, the JUI-F chief strongly criticised the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government and said that the rulers were either incapable or they were working under an agenda of destroying the country through crippling its economy.

"Prime Minister Imran Khan is trying to become 'Gorbachev' of Pakistan," he said, referring to the former Russian president largely credited with decentralising the country's economy, bringing an end to the Cold War and dissolution of the Soviet Union.

"Your roots have been cut, you have been shaken, now count your days," Rehman warned the prime minister.

Talking about the party's Azadi March, which had culminated in Islamabad, he said that the JUI-F didn't go to the capital without any purpose, neither did it return without any purpose.

The JUI-F leader further said that the prime minister accused everyone of theft but offered NRO [a reference to Pervez Musharraf's National Reconciliation Ordinance under which cases against political leaders and workers were quashed] to his sister.

"The income from a sewing machine has reached to Rs70 billion," he remarked.

Rehman alleged that the PTI took funds from abroad. The founding members of the party had lodged a case in this regard against the leadership but for the last five years, the case has been pending, he added.

He said that the PTI submitted around 60 pleas against hearing of the case. "You are the one who took money from Israel and India," he accused the prime minister, while referring to the foreign funding case.

"I challenge you, in my personal capacity, to come and compare my character with yours, and the characters of our forefathers," he said, adding that the entire PTI was corrupt.

The JUI-F chief also defended the participation of seminary students in the protest drive, saying that they have the right to cast their vote and to question theft of their votes. A day earlier, Prime Minister Imran, criticising the JUI-F leadership, had said ordinary workers braved the cold and rain during the sit-in. He said that Rehman had brought innocent students of seminaries on roads by telling them that the prime minister was going to recognise Israel and that Islam was in danger.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1517641/govts-days-are-numbered-fazlur-rehman-tells-pm-imran

 

[Belawal2014]

As I said earlier, this is not a football match where you get a clear result after 90 mins. Dharnas weaken governments.

Furthermore, PTI has been exposed for the pack of liars that they are. They have severely damaged their credibility with the $12b story.

Relax Chacha Mamoon, I'm sure you were the one who said to let democracy run its course, so why the U-turn from you?

 

[sweep_shot]

The opposition's Rehbar Committee on Tuesday called off the road blockades and anti-government sit-ins being held in various parts of the country in order to "not cause inconvenience to the public".

Addressing a press conference after an hours-long meeting of the committee, JUI-F leader Akram Khan Durrani directed workers to open all blocked roads starting tonight.

Instead, he announced, the opposition will hold joint jalsas at the district level as part of its anti-government movement.

He said since the Rehbar Committee's decision was the "final word", it was being conveyed to workers to end the road blockades.

As part of the 'Plan-B' of the JUI-F-led Azadi March against the government, party workers have been blocking major highways and road links by staging sit-ins across the country since last week.

The JUI-F's sit-in in Islamabad — the first leg of the protest movement — was abruptly called off by party chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman after 13 days last Wednesday.

Both the PPP and PML-N had distanced themselves from the JUI-F sit-in as well as the party’s move to block the country’s main roads and highways.

Durrani said the Rehbar Committee had today reviewed the political situation and expressed satisfaction at the process of "increasing pressure on the government".

"The opposition is united," he declared, adding that their goal remains the achievement of their four demands.

He said the government is in a state of "panic" after the Azadi March and the Lahore High Court's decision to allow former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to travel abroad.

He said Prime Minister Imran Khan had in his speech on Monday said that the government allowed Nawaz to proceed abroad on humanitarian grounds. "Imran Khan is now requested to also have mercy on the nation and go home (resign)," Durrani added.

Quoting a recommendation of the committee, Durrani requested Fazlur Rehman to call an "all-party conference" of the opposition to decide the dates for the jalsas.

The committee also decided that the opposition parties will jointly suggest names for the appointment of the chief election commissioner and other members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Durrani said the Rehbar Committee members will on Wednesday (tomorrow) demonstrate outside the ECP to demand that the foreign funding case against the ruling PTI be decided expeditiously by hearing on a daily basis.

According to the JUI-F leader, the committee declared that in order to save the country's sinking economy it is imperative that the present government is removed and fresh elections are held "with any involvement of the army".

Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1517649/o...tee-decides-to-end-countrywide-road-blockades.

 

[Bewal Express]

What is plan C? More humiliation [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION]

 

[Hermoine Green]

What is plan C? More humiliation [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION]

Blocking trucks of tomatoes coming from Iran

 

[Bewal Express]

Blocking trucks of tomatoes coming from Iran

This is an epic fail for the fake Mullah-Diesel and his idiotic supporters that have disappeared from this thread. You know the ones that predicted that IK would be overthrown but a complete numpty. Where are you Diesel supporters [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION]

 

[sjahmed23]

Seems like the whole purpose of the march was to get Nawaz Sharif released?

 

[Mian]

Disgusting to watch the clip of PMLN, PPP and other parties leadership aka Rehbar Committee making fun of
Imran Khan's wife in their meeting.

I hope the noora supporters and liberal ppp supporters saw the clip

 

[Abdullah719]

Disgusting to watch the clip of PMLN, PPP and other parties leadership aka Rehbar Committee making fun of
Imran Khan's wife in their meeting.

I hope the noora supporters and liberal ppp supporters saw the clip

Is it worse than saying 'oye'

 

[MenInG]

A multi-party conference has been called by JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman to decide on the next course of action in the anti-government campaign by the opposition, his spokesperson told DawnNewsTV on Sunday.

The conference, to which a total of nine parties have been invited, will be held in Islamabad on Tuesday and hosted by the JUI-F chief.

Among those personally invited by Rehman are PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai.

Among the other parties invited are Awami National Party (ANP), Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan (JUP) and Jamiat Ahle Hadith.

According to JUI-F sources, Rehman will brief the attendees on 'Plan A' and 'Plan B' of the 'Azadi' protest. Furthermore, he will take them into confidence over "secret talks held to bring an end to the government".

"He will inform the opposition members on how the government's roots shall be cut," said the sources.

From the PML-N, a four-member delegation led by Raja Zafarul Haq will participate in the conference, said Ahsan Iqbal. This will include Iqbal himself, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, and Amir Muqam.

The delegation was formed after consultation with PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif, said Iqbal.

The anti-government campaign by the opposition, which started with a long march led by JUI-F on October 27 from Karachi to Islamabad and was followed by a two-week-long sit-in in the capital, was called off on November 13 apparently on the assurance of “powers that be”.

JUI-F's Senator Abdul Ghafoor Haideri had disclosed that Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi had assured the JUI-F (during the sit-in) that the premier would resign and the assemblies will be dissolved. “We had ended our sit-in after getting certain assurances by some trustworthy persons and Elahi had become a guarantor,” he had claimed.

Maulana had also later claimed the sit-in had cut the “roots of the Imran Khan government” and it would fall within months.

However, Elahi had refuted all such claims saying: “No such assurances — resignation of the prime minister or dissolution of assemblies — were given to the JUI-F (chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman) to end its Islamabad sit-in.”

https://www.dawn.com/news/1518607/m...rence-to-devise-next-anti-government-strategy

 

[Bewal Express]

A multi-party conference has been called by JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman to decide on the next course of action in the anti-government campaign by the opposition, his spokesperson told DawnNewsTV on Sunday.

The conference, to which a total of nine parties have been invited, will be held in Islamabad on Tuesday and hosted by the JUI-F chief.

Among those personally invited by Rehman are PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai.

Among the other parties invited are Awami National Party (ANP), Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan (JUP) and Jamiat Ahle Hadith.

According to JUI-F sources, Rehman will brief the attendees on 'Plan A' and 'Plan B' of the 'Azadi' protest. Furthermore, he will take them into confidence over "secret talks held to bring an end to the government".

"He will inform the opposition members on how the government's roots shall be cut," said the sources.

From the PML-N, a four-member delegation led by Raja Zafarul Haq will participate in the conference, said Ahsan Iqbal. This will include Iqbal himself, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, and Amir Muqam.

The delegation was formed after consultation with PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif, said Iqbal.

The anti-government campaign by the opposition, which started with a long march led by JUI-F on October 27 from Karachi to Islamabad and was followed by a two-week-long sit-in in the capital, was called off on November 13 apparently on the assurance of “powers that be”.

JUI-F's Senator Abdul Ghafoor Haideri had disclosed that Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi had assured the JUI-F (during the sit-in) that the premier would resign and the assemblies will be dissolved. “We had ended our sit-in after getting certain assurances by some trustworthy persons and Elahi had become a guarantor,” he had claimed.

Maulana had also later claimed the sit-in had cut the “roots of the Imran Khan government” and it would fall within months.

However, Elahi had refuted all such claims saying: “No such assurances — resignation of the prime minister or dissolution of assemblies — were given to the JUI-F (chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman) to end its Islamabad sit-in.”

https://www.dawn.com/news/1518607/m...rence-to-devise-next-anti-government-strategy

Are we on to Plan F yet?

 

[sweep_shot]

'Government's ship about to sink,' claims JUI-F chief in Peshawar protest rally

Spoiler

JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman, while addressing a rally in Peshawar on Sunday, claimed that the "government's ship is about to sink" as a result of the party's protest movement.

"Previously we used to say that the economy's ship is rocking. I salute your tenacity. Now we can proudly say that the government's ship is about to sink," he said, speaking to protesters gathered on the city's Ring Road highway.

"The journey that was begun for the sake of the Constitution is near its destination now," said Rehman.

While boldly declaring that "victory is near", the JUI-F chief said that "even looking back would be a sin now".

The JUI-F chief said that the participation by opposition parties in the gathering was "evidence that the country is united against the incumbent government".

He said that the government which had promised 10 million jobs had instead "rendered 2.5 million youth unemployed".

"Who can accept a government which is run by foreign hands when we had rid ourselves of foreign rule all those years ago?"

He said while the past government was blamed for the country's economic woes, "the FBR report had stated that all the money to have left the country went through the proper channels".

In further criticism of the government, Rehman said that while "never before had anyone committed suicide out of hunger, this too is being witnessed now in this tenure".

The JUI-F chief also likened the country to the unfinished Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project. "Where has it reached? The whole country is now a BRT project."

"We will rid the country of this qabza (illegal occupiers) group," he said.

Rehman criticised the government seeking an emergency loan of $1 billion from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). "In Pakistan's history, all the loans that were ever taken are equivalent to the loans taken by this government in the past year."

He censured the government for having "sold off Kashmir" as a result of a "failed" foreign policy.

"I don't know what they obtained in return," he said. "They are traitors and will not be allowed to rule."

The JUI-F chief said that a government that was fond of racking up cases against its opponents "was itself running after the courts when it is their turn to answer in the BRT and foreign funding cases".

"When their turn came, they dismantled the entire accountability commission," he added.

The maulana even questioned the success of the government's Billion Tree Tsunami project. "Where are these trees? They must be accounted for."

The rally which was held on the main Ring Road led to a severe disruption in the flow of traffic.

Rehman, who had launched a long march against Islamabad from Karachi on October 27, had abruptly called off the party’s sit-in 13 days later.

The maulana had however announced that his party would continue its anti-government protests in other regions of the country as part of its so-called Plan B.

Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1521154/g...-claims-jui-f-chief-in-peshawar-protest-rally.

 

[MenInG]

LAHORE: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has claimed that he had ended the Islamabad sit-in on the assurance that Prime Minister Imran Khan would immediately step down and new elections would be held three months after his resignation.

Before making this claim, Maulana Fazl said: “I urge [Punjab Assembly Speaker] Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi to disclose the secret he is carrying as amanat.”

However, he did not say where the assurance came from, and analysts are of the view that throughout the JUI-F protest and dharna there was no indication that the PTI government was vulnerable or it may agree to the JUI-F’s demand for re-elections.

Chiding the government for failing to control the spiral of price hike, the JUI-F leader announced that his party would again take to the streets, beginning from Karachi on Feb 23.

The benefit expected from the Azadi March that the JUI-F had launched in November last year against the government could not be achieved, because the two major opposition parties Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz didn’t extend their support to the cause, he said.

Maulana didn’t say who really gave him the word that Imran will resign and fresh polls will be held

The JUI-F had staged 13-day (from Nov 1 to 13, 2019) sit-in on Kashmir Road in Islamabad that came to an abrupt end as the party chief announced going for Plan B, blocking various major roads across the country.

The Chaudhrys had held a number of meetings with the JUI leadership during the sit-in.

Talking to the media after meeting Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith chief Prof Sajid Mir here on Sunday, Maulana Fazl said he would think of inviting the Chaudhrys of Gujrat to his public meetings (he planned to hold across the country) only after they changed their position (giving up support to the PTI government).

Answering a question, he gave credit to his anti-government movement for the fissures appearing in the ruling alliance.

The JUI-F chief said he didn’t recognise the existing parliament that he alleged was the result of a bogus mandate.

Replying to another query about the rifts in the ruling coalition, he said issues would emerge when the government wouldn’t keep the word it had given to its coalition partners.

He told a questioner that he had no contacts with former president Asif Ali Zardari and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif since their respective parties voted for the amendment to the Army Act to empower the prime minister to extend the tenure of the chief of the army staff.

However, he added, he had not shut doors of cooperation on the two parties and would talk to them if they approached him for the purpose. He said PPP was earlier conditionally supporting the amendment to the army act but then withdrew the changes it had recommended for the proposed amendment, as both PPP and PML-N backed the extension.

It was because of the PPP and PML-N, which didn’t extend their support to the cause, that the benefit expected from the Azadi March could not be achieved, the JUI-F chief said.

At present there was vacuum in power corridors, with the government having lost its writ to ‘some forces’, as the situation changed after the issue of the army chief’s extension went to the courts and parliament, he said.

Answering a question, Maulana Fazl said the opposition was staying put with its narrative but the mindset of the masses could not be changed. That was why, he said, the JUI-F had decided to take to the streets, beginning from Karachi on Feb 23, followed by a national convention in Islamabad on March 1, and a public meeting in Lahore on March 19 in an attempt to assemble people on a single platform. He urged the people to respond to his call for removing the ‘illegal’ and ‘incompetent’ government.

He said he had consulted Prof Mir on the third phase of the anti-government protest besides discussing national political scenario.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1533564/sit-in-was-called-off-on-assurance-of-pms-exit-fazl

 

[Abdullah719]

Still trying...

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Fazl seeks Mengal support to topple Imran's govt

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has pinned his hopes on Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) head Sardar Akhtar Mengal to topple the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.

Mengal called on Fazl at his residence in the federal capital on Sunday.

The JUI-F chief urged the BNP-M head to contact other allies and explain them that now it was not the time to continue supporting the government.
Mengal maintained that his closeness with the opposition was growing and stated that the day BNP-M joined opposition they would run opposition like “real opposition”.

Responding to journalists after the meeting, Mengal said that he had personal relations with Fazl and added that his party was still in the opposition with JUI-F in Balochistan.

He said that he could not disclose all the details of the meeting with the JUI-F chief.

Speaking to reporters, Fazl remarked that he had welcomed Mengal and the BNP-M’s move to part ways with the government had created a ray of hope for the opposition.

“The other coalition parties in the government should now speak truth boldly,” he said.

“The fake prime minister has no idea that his own popularity has gone down,” he added.

The JUI-F chief said that the rulers should admit their failure in governing the country and step down immediately.

Both the leaders also discussed the current political situation in the country and problems faced by the people in Balochistan.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2247744/1-fazl-seeks-mengal-support-topple-imrans-govt/

 

[Abdullah719]

Still trying

Neither ‘minus-one’ nor LG polls; people want only general elections, says Fazl

https://www.dawn.com/news/1567413/n...-people-want-only-general-elections-says-fazl

 

[Abdullah719]

Getting desperate...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My father & I welcomed Molana Fazal-ur-Rehman at Bilawal House today. JUIF & PPP have worked together in the past & we must do so again if we are to overcome challenges to democracy, constitution, NFC & <br>economy. The selected government has been exposed on all fronts during COVID <a href="https://t.co/aK2uYaBc4q">pic.twitter.com/aK2uYaBc4q</a></p>— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBhuttoZardari/status/1281588454456008707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[The Viper]

JUI-F expels four members including Maulana Sherani for dissenting from party position

The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on Friday expelled four senior members of the party who had disapproved of the decisions taken under Maulana Fazlur Rehman's leadership as part of the opposition's anti-PTI government movement, an official said.

The four ousted members include senior party leader Maulana Mohammad Khan Sherani, Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, Maulana Gul Naseeb Khan and Maulana Shujaul Mulk.

The party's decision comes days after serious differences between JUI-F chief Rehman and former Council of Islamic Ideology chairman Sherani spilled out into the open, with the latter levelling serious allegations against the party chief and rejecting the politics of the opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM).

The unanimous decision to expel the four members was taken by a meeting of the JUI-F central consultative council's disciplinary committee chaired by Maulana Abdul Qayyum Halejvi, the party's central spokesperson Mohammad Aslam Ghauri said in a statement.

"The expelled persons' statements and views will have nothing to do with the party," Ghauri added.

According to the spokesperson, the JUI-F central working committee and the provincial emirs had endorsed the decision during the meeting.

He said the expelled members had been sent copies of the decision.

Earlier this week, former MNA and senator Sherani, who also served as the provincial chief of the JUI-F, had emerged as the second important leader after Hafiz Hussain Ahmed from Balochistan to oppose Rehman's policies.

Party sources told Dawn at the time the rift deepened during the JUI-F elections that Maulana Sherani had rejected while criticising the party leadership for turning it into a "family party".

Maulana Sherani, who had been elected to the National Assembly and Senate on a JUI-F ticket in the past, said: “Maulana Fazlur Rehman himself is 'selected'. How can he taunt and call Imran Khan and others selected?”

Maulana Sherani was reportedly in contact with Hafiz Hussain and had asked party workers to join hands with him and leave the factions named after individuals.

Hafiz Hussain was considered very close to Rehman when he was made central spokesman for the JUI-F. But he was removed from the position after he started criticising some policies of the leadership when Rehman decided to join hands with the opposition parties and became the PDM convener.

Maulana Sherani, too, rejected the PDM's politics, terming it an unnatural alliance of the opposition parties.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1597783/j...na-sherani-for-dissenting-from-party-position

 

[KoyoAli]

If PDM comes to Rawalpindi, we'll offer them tea: DG ISPR

Leaders of the opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) will be offered tea and snacks and looked after if they decide to stage a long march towards Rawalpindi, the chief of the military's media wing said on Monday.

Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar, director general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), was answering a question at a press conference about PDM president Maulana Fazlur Rehman's indication that the opposition could turn the direction of its anti-government movement towards the army leadership.

"I don't see a reason for [them] coming to Pindi. And if at all they want to come, we will offer them refreshments (chai pani) and look after them. What more can I say?" the DG ISPR said.

Rehman, while talking to the media after a PDM meeting earlier this month, had said that the 11-party opposition alliance's movement would no longer be directed only at the Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government but also "his backers", hinting that its possible long march to the capital "could also be to Rawalpindi".

He had said if the PTI government refused to resign by January 31, the PDM leadership will announce the long march to Islamabad and decide its date. "It will also decide whether the long march should be staged towards Islamabad or to Rawalpindi," the PDM chief had added. Rawalpindi is a metonym for the headquarters of the Pakistan Army.

At the beginning of the briefing, Maj Gen Iftikhar said he had convened the press conference to shed light on the country's security and border situation and to present a comparative analysis of security challenges of the past decade.

"The last 10 years were a challenging time in every aspect for Pakistan," he said at the start of his presser, adding that in 2020 alone, the coronavirus pandemic and locust attacks put Pakistan's food security and economy in danger.

On the other hand, he said, proscribed organisations were being facilitated to harm Pakistan on the western border.

"Despite all these challenges, the state, institutions, the armed forces and intelligence agencies and most importantly the Pakistani people unitedly faced these challenges," Maj Gen Iftikhar said, adding that along with restoring peace in the tribal districts along the western border, socioeconomic projects had been launched.

Concrete steps were taken to solidify the Pak-Afghan and Pak-Iran borders and "as a result of successful operations against terrorism, the security situation improved considerably," he noted.

"Whether it was India's designs or hybrid warfare, whether the challenges were internal or external, we not only showed and identified [them] but also combatted them successfully and the world is recognising it too because the truth always prevails."

Listing some of the measures taken in the security domain, Maj Gen Iftikhar said Operation Raddul Fasad had "consolidated the achievements of the entire decade".

"Through this operation, the support base, facilitators, abettors, financiers [of terrorism] and weapons were destroyed to a large extent. Thankfully, today in Pakistan there is no organised terrorist infrastructure like in the past," he added.

Under the operation, he said, 371,000 intelligence-based actions were conducted in the last three years alone. "If we evaluate the manifestation of success, in 2007-08, only 37 per cent of the areas in the tribal areas were under state control. Today, they have all become part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa," he added.

The ISPR chief said there had been a 35pc reduction in major terrorism incidents in 2020 compared to 2019, while terror incidents which had hit an annual peak of 90 in the year 2013 had now fallen to around 30.

Law-enforcement agencies also averted more than 50pc of the terror threats over the course of the last year, he added.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1600950/if-pdm-comes-to-rawalpindi-well-offer-them-tea-dg-ispr

 

[MenInG]

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Sindh Secretary General Rashid Mahmood Soomro on Wednesday dared Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah to implement the top court's order to demolish illegally constructed mosques in Karachi.

On Tuesday, the apex court ordered to demolish a mosque, shrine and cemetery built on amenity parks' land near Tariq Road.

A division bench, headed by Justice Gulzar Ahmed and comprising Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin, heard a case against the construction of Madinah Mosque and other encroachments on the land meant for a park in Tariq Road at the Supreme Court Karachi Registry.

District Municipal Corporation (DMC) Administrator East maintained that the mosque was constructed on park land. CJP Gulzar expressed anger over the land still being occupied, reprimanding the district administrator over Karachi's condition.

“What have you done with this city? The city has been built in a way that it now needs to be rebuilt from scratch, like Poland, Germany and France were,” the CJP berated the district administrator.

Khawaja Shams, the mosque administration's counsel, said that the land was obtained from the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) through auction. However, he claimed that a new mosque was being built in its stead.

“Assistant Commissioner Asma Batool has built a mausoleum and a graveyard to add fuel to sectarian rift. Bismillah mosque was also built overnight to sow sectarianism,” the lawyer stated.

"Mr chief justice the mosques are not orphans... Mr chief minister the mosques are not orphans... if you have the courage then show it and try bulldozing the mosque," Soomro said in a video that went viral on social media.

He went on to say that till the day he was alive, he will never let "even a single brick of any mosque in Karachi be demolished".

"We will stop you on the way [to the mosque]... if the mosques are demolished, your offices will also be demolished," JUI-F leader warned.

He also dared Commissioner Karachi to implement the apex court's order to demolish illegal mosques.

During yesterday's hearing, Justice Amin remarked that no place of worship could be built on illegal land.

He emphasised that Islam did not allow the construction of mosques on land acquired illegally. Justice Amin added that the KMC did not have the authority to issue a licence for the construction of a mosque on land meant for a park.

The apex court rejected Al-Fatah Mosque administration's request for a review, ordering them to return the land allotted for the mosque to the KMC. It further revoked the licence issued by the KMC.

The court ordered complete relinquishment of land in the Kidney Hill Park area, as well as the removal of Bismillah Mosque, mausoleum and cemetery within the park.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/233621...indh-cm-to-implement-mosque-demolition-orders

 

[saeedhk]

^ The fact that a two-bit mullah can challenge the highest authority in the country without any consequences shows that the country is beyond recovery. Where else does a mullah get away with inciting violence? This is absolutely pathetic for a country that prides itself with having one of the strongest armies in the world. Till we get over the mullah stranglehold over the country, our country cannot progress an inch!

 

[MenInG]

Jamaat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq on Sunday criticised the incumbent government, claiming that it was following in the footsteps of the previous PTI regime.

“Politics is being turned into a pile of dirt,” he said while addressing an Iftar party at the Punjab University.

The JI chief maintained that the system of oppression had been in force in the country for 74 years, adding that only the government and the watchmen changed while the system remained the same.

“Yesterday, there was the PTI government, today there is the PML-N.” Siraj claimed that if the system of Zakat and Ushr was implemented in the system in its true spirit to bring the policy of self-reliance in the country, no one would sleep hungry.

Expressing his surprise at the steps taken by the federal government, the JI chief said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had sent his finance minister to the US for talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as soon as he took the oath of office.

“If Pakistan gets an honest ruling party, there will be no need to go to the IMF,” he claimed.
Siraj condemned the Israeli atrocities against Palestinians, terming the reaction of the Islamic world a “graveyard-like silence”.

“With a brave Islamic leadership we can fight global colonialism.” He maintained that the residents of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) had boycotted the neighbouring country’s premier Narendra Modi but our rulers were “insensitive” to the issue.

Earlier in March this year, the JI chief had called for fresh general elections in the country, observing that the masses should be given a chance now to choose a trustworthy party. Speaking at a demonstration organised by the JI outside the Sukkur Press Club, Siraj had pointed out that major political parties also lacked trust in one another, adding that the JI did not have trust in them. He had said major political parties had lost people’s trust and needed to go to the masses for a fresh mandate so as to clear the atmosphere of distrust and disappointment in the country.

In the same month while addressing a JI activists' meeting and later talking to the media in the Nasafa area of Talash, Lower Dir, Siraj had said his party wanted a change of the system rather than an individual so that the country could be turned into a true Islamic welfare state.

He had maintained that the enforcement of Sharia in its true sense was the only solution to the problems the country was facing. He had added that the JI’s protest sit-ins against inflation, unemployment and corruption would continue across the country. “The JI would continue its struggle for elimination of interest-based economy and co-education.”

JI chief slams new govt (tribune.com.pk)