Railways minister says JUI-F chief’s reservations on amendments and crackdown on seminaries will be conveyed to the premier
Speaking to reporters in the federal capital after a meeting with Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman Wednesday said that his party was not prepared for another constitutional amendment after being “bitten once”.
Fazl said that suspecting lawmakers of wrongdoing before the upcoming Senate elections was not politically or ethically right.
On the occasion, Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique said that the JUI-F chief’s reservations, including the one regarding action against Islamic madrassahs in the backdrop of National Action Plan (NAP), would be conveyed to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
After initially showing support for military offensives against extremist elements in the country in the aftermath of deadly Army Public School attack in Peshawar, the JUI-F chief had threatened to launch an anti-government protest movement to avoid likely action against religious seminaries.
