Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) Ameer Maulana Fazlur Rehman Thursday warned that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will be responsible if any worker of his party is injured or martyred in the general elections.
According to the 24News HD TV channel, Maulana Fazl addressed an urgent press conference in an aggressive mood over the issue of the Chief Election Commissioner's fresh statement about the law and order situation in the two provinces.
Maulana Fazlur Rehman said the CEC is saying that the situation in two provinces is bad and he is praying for betterment in the situation but he must note that if even one of JUI workers is injured or martyred, he will directly be responsible.
Maulana Fazlur Rehman also expressed a fear in this context that people will not go out to vote due to insecurity.
He raised questions about the independent status of the ECP by saying that if the election schedule is to be issued after asking the court, how did the Election Commission become independent?
Answering a query about snatching nomination papers from the candidates of his rival party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Maulana Fazlur Rehman said taking away the nomination papers of the candidates is wrong in principle.
Replying to another question about the cases and detentions of PTI leaders, the JUI leader said the PTI is not being abused but it is being highlighted.
He said the jurisdiction of the ECP is the whole of the country but the limits of Peshawar High Court is its province, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa only and it couldn't make decisions the whole of Pakistan.