A meeting of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) chapter, on Saturday urged the government to dissociate itself from the ongoing United States’ international war against terrorism. It also demanded the government to strike peace deals like that of the North Waziristan in all the tribal areas. “Maulana Fazlur Rehman, leader of the opposition and JUI-F chief, presided over the meeting, which was attended by the members of parliament belonging to the FATA besides Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, deputy secretary general of the JUI-F and Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani, chief of the party’s Balochistan chapter,” Maulana Mirajuddin told Daily Times after the meeting.
He said that the meeting demanded of the government to immediately summon the US ambassador to Pakistan and seek explanation about the recent statement of the US general that they would target Taliban and there was no need of permission from Pakistan. Mirajuddin said that the meeting believed that the government should honour the agreement held in North Waziristan. “We are ready to facilitate the government to strike peace deals in other parts of the tribal areas,” he said. |