Fazl asks PM Imran to complete numbers in NA ahead of no-trust vote

Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) President and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Sunday that Prime Minister Imran Khan had already lost the majority in the National Assembly (NA) and he was running amok, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.   

Addressing a presser at Dera Ismael Khan, he asked the prime minister not to gather one million people at Islamabad’s D-Chowk to demonstrate his support in masses, but to concentrate on securing the support of 172 members of the National Assembly (MNAs) so that the no-trust motion against him could be filed. “If large gatherings are what which determine the popularity of a political party, then the ‘entire nation’ can gather on my one call,” he boasted. 

He asked the JUI-F workers to remain prepared for his call, which could come at anytime. 

He stressed the need for dispelling the impression that these were not the people of Pakistan, but some other people, decided the fate of the country. “Empowering the masses is need of the hour,” he emphasized. 

Fazl was of the view that the results of local bodies’ elections (LBs) held recently in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were sufficient to show whose side the people were on. 

JUI-F chief further said it was not that Bill Gates had visited Pakistan because it was his desire to do so. “It was Imran Khan who had invited him,” he claimed. 

Responding to a question, he said there was no issue with the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s return to Pakistan. “He can come anytime,” he said. 

PDM president also called upon the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to play the role of a strong institution.