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India-Pakistan
JUI-F wins PML-N support for Islamabad lockdown
2019-09-17
[DAWN] The Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam
...a Pak religious party. It is usually part of the govt, never part of the solution...
-Fazl (JUI-F) and the Pakistain Moslem League-Nawaz on Sunday decided to jointly stage "Azadi March" in October to besiege Islamabad and oust the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
government, but a decision on a final date of the march would be taken later.

JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman
...Deobandi holy man, known as Mullah Diesel during the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty...
along with his delegation called on PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif
...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab...
at his Model Town residence to convince him that his party should join hands with the JUI-F to oust the government.

The Maulana had earlier warned Prime Minister Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight...
to step down till Aug 31 for "stealing the mandate" in 2018 general elections, otherwise the JUI-F would march on Islamabad.

After the Pakistain Peoples Party leadership’s refusal to take part in Islamabad lockdown, the JUI-F approached the PML-N seeking its support for the march. The Maulana also announced he would gather one million people in Islamabad for which PML-N’s support would mean a lot.

Posted by:Fred

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