Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said the business community is living under fear because of worsening insecurity and instability in the country, 24NewsHD TV reported on Sunday.
He was speaking at a luncheon hosted by prominent businessman Arif Habib and members of the business community in Karachi, where participants discussed Pakistan’s economic challenges, investment climate, and law and order situation.
Maulana Fazlur Rehman said peace was essential for attracting investment, adding that a stable security environment would help strengthen Pakistan’s economy.
The JUI-F chief stressed that Pakistan should rely more on local resources instead of depending on the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and urged the government to place greater trust in the country’s traders and industrialists.
“If confidence is given to local businessmen, we can even pay off the country’s debt,” he said.
He said the elimination of interest by 2028 had now become a constitutional requirement and warned that failure to implement it could amount to a violation of the Constitution.
He also assured the business community that JUI-F would continue to stand with traders and industrialists.
Among those present at the meeting were Federal Minister Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh, Khalid Tawab, Abdul Samad Habib, Haji Usman Ghani, Engineer Ziaur Rehman, and JUI-F leader Allama Rashid Mahmood Soomro, along with other representatives of the business community.