Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman on Saturday said that his party did not want to part ways with the government as it wanted to improve the system from within.
Talking to reporters before a consultative meeting of the party at Manzalgah madrassa, Fazl said that protests of his party was not aimed at withdrawal of its support and cooperation to the government but to pinpoint the discrepancies in its policies.
He said before questioning him about leaving the government alliance, one should ask National Assembly Opposition Leader Khurshid Shah when he is going to join the government.
The JUI-F chief said that targeting of religious institutions in guise of war against terrorism was uncalled for.
“There are more than 26,000 registered seminaries across the country, 22,000 have applied for registration while only 241 seminaries are unregistered which is quite less,” he said, adding that like other educational institutions, religious seminaries are also sacred. “Terrorism cannot be linked with religion, sect, linguistic, region or caste,” he asserted.
Fazl said that when the 21st constitutional amendment was adopted unanimously, the government delegation was holding dialogue with him at his chamber. “Passing the law in JUI-F’s absence is a discriminatory action by the government,” he said.