Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) has finally succeeded to get another federal ministry and Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri is hot favourite for the slot.
Highly placed sources in the JUI-F said that Maulana Fazlur Rehman during his meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had persuaded the latter to give the JUI-F second ministry after Akram Durrani’s induction. They said the party was most likely to be given the ministry of capital and administration.
Earlier, the PML-N leadership had been offering one federal minister and one minister of state posts to the JUI-F in addition to chairmanship of the Islamic Ideology Council and National Assembly Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs. However, the religious party leader insisted for two federal minister posts and ultimately succeeded in getting the favour particularly at a time when the government is exploring all options to start dialogue with the Taliban.
