Fazlur Rehman announces ‘joint JUI-F-TTAP opposition’

Fazlur Rehman announces 'joint JUI-F-TTAP opposition'. "We want to play a joint parliamentary role, " notes JUI-F chief.

Key points

• Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Thursday confirmed a "joint opposition" after gathering National Assembly opposition leader and Tehreek Tahafuz Ayeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP) chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai.
• PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa spokesperson Shaukat Yousafzai had confirmed the meetings in an interview with Geo News.
• Speaking to journalists outside Parliament House after the session, Fazl stated: "JUI-F and TTAP have agreed to form a joint opposition."
• When asked if he would add the PPP to the joint opposition, he remarked that the Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari-led party is part of the administration.
• Five India-backed terrorists killed, a number of injured in Panjgur IBO: security sources.

For context, the development came a day after Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), a key coalition partner in the centre, and the opposition parties had agreed to cooperate on legislative matters in parliament.

For context, the JUI-F chief, along with a delegation comprising Kamran Murtaza and Maulana Abdul Wasay, held an significant gathering with TTAP chief Achakzai, PTI's Asad Qaiser and Akhunzada Hussain Yousafzai in the chamber of the opposition leader.

In practice, the JUI-F chief called his session with the opposition leader "good". He remarked that they principally agreed to move towards a joint opposition.

"We want to play a joint parliamentary role, " remarked the JUI-F chief, adding that further consultations on the move will continue.

Earlier, talking to journalists, the JUI-F chief remarked that if it were up to him, the ailing PTI founder would have been treated.

Reports emerged earlier this month that the PTI had initiated contacts with the JUI-F to explore the possibility of launching a joint movement against the federal administration.

According to Sources privy to the matter had, the PTI leaders met with senior JUI-F leadership and proposed a coordinated protest campaign.

According to the sources, JUIF believed that mutual trust between the two parties must be fully restored before any joint agitation can be considered, the News documented.

Notably, the discussions additionally covered the possibility of developing a joint strategy for the next general elections, the sources had went on.

PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa spokesperson Shaukat Yousafzai had confirmed the meetings in an interview with Geo News. He had remarked direct meetings already taken place with the JUIF chief.

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