‘Fake polls, govts’ unacceptable: Fazl

PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUIF) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said Thursday his followers would would continue struggle against what he termed “the fake February 8 elections” and “fake governments.”

“We reject the results of February 8 polls. Our arguments carry substantial evidence. We would not remain silent due to threats and intimidation. We don’t accept the assemblies, Balochistan, Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, remain silent due to threats and intimidation. We don’t accept the assemblies, Balochistan, Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which were formed as a result of rigged election,” he said, while addressing a public gathering against the alleged rigging in the February 8 general elections. A large number of people attended the gathering that was arranged on Dilzak Road here.

“These assemblies are not the representatives of people. They are representatives of establishment. The nation considers them an insult and we will never accept insult of the nation,” Fazl said.

He also spoke against the merger of tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The JUIF chief said that he was punished for his support to the Palestinian cause. “When I raised my voice as Muslim leader in support of Palestine and visited Qatar to meet the Palestinian leadership, we were kept out of parliament for it,” he claimed.

He announced that the next gathering would be arranged on June 1 in Muzaffargarh, Punjab.

Other speakers said that Imran was not a representative of the nation and national institutions, he was an agent of the international establishment.