Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that Parliament and executive have been made controversial and the 'mafia' which came into power through 'rigged' elections cannot be accepted anymore in power.
Addressing the participants of the Azadi March here on Friday, the JUI-F chief also offered 'reconciliation' and efforts for national solidarity to the democratic forces and the establishment, saying, "We are all one."
"Let's come forward towards peace and love...we offer the invitation of reconciliation and national solidarity to all, the democratic forces and the establishment, as we are one," Maulana said. He mentioned that the armed forces of Pakistan gave sacrifices for restoration of peace in the country. "We respect the sacrifices. But let me clear that you restored the peace through our cooperation and the sacrifices also rendered by the nation...Without our cooperation and the sacrifices, you couldn't have achieved this target," he maintained.
He questioned the legality of the present government, saying: "Did the nation render sacrifices to have such kinds of people as our rulers? If we cannot allow the armed groups to occupy this country, we can also not accept such people to come into power through rigged elections...we consider them as Qabza group (grabbers)," he added.
Calling as 'my dear friends' Maulana complained: "You have made the Parliament and the executive controversial...where are you taking the country?"
He also raised questions on the legislation by the incumbent parliament, the promulgation of presidential ordinances and the executive orders, saying that these have no legitimacy.
"The Parliament is 'fake', the Prime Minister is fake and all the legislation, ordinances and the executive orders have no legal grounds and we don't accept them as legitimate," he maintained, adding that the special actions by Zia and Musharraf regimes were annulled by the successive governments and the next government will also annul all the measures of the incumbent PTI government. "There is a need to cleanse the country from such people," he said by raising the slogan 'go Imran go' and the crowd responded with the same tone.
Referring to the government's negotiating team led by Defense Minister Pervez Khattak, he said that they have been conveyed that if they want talks then they should come along with the resignation of the Prime Minister.
Referring to Khattak's Friday speech in the National Assembly in which he criticized the attitude of the opposition's Rahbar Committee and the opposition leadership, the JUI-F chief said that Khattak who is heading the government's negotiating team is pursuing the path of confrontation and not the reconciliation.
The JUI-F chief also questioned the government about its policy on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), maintaining that the $70 billion Chinese investment was 'wasted' and the current rulers made Pakistan's best friend unhappy.
He accused the PTI government of making a deal on Kashmir with Modi government, adding, "It was the reason our friendly countries refused to vote a resolution in the Human Rights Council because they knew that the PTI government has struck a deal on Kashmir."
He also alleged the PTI government for isolating Pakistan internationally, saying that during the Prime Minister's visit to the US, no official from the administration came to receive him.
The JUI-F chief also claimed that the government committee tasked to probe the alleged irregularities in the loans taken during the last 10 years [PPP and PML-N governments], has stated in its report that no misuse was made in the taking and spending the loans. He further claimed that the FBR chairman has also stated that there is no money going abroad through illegal means - money laundering - as was alleging the current rulers their opponents.
Earlier in the day, the JUI-F chief led the Friday prayers at the venue of the sit-in which was attended by thousands of protesters who have been staging the sit-in for the last eight days.
The law enforcement agencies have made strict security arrangements around the venue of the sit-in as well as across the city to avert any untoward incident.
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