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JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman appears for an interview with a private digital media platform. SCREEN GRAB
ISLAMABAD:
In a rare display of political conformity, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) has agreed to support the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) nomination of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai for the post of Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly.
The agreement was reached during a meeting between a PTI delegation and JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman at his residence in Islamabad on Wednesday, according to a statement on JUI-F’s official X account.
“JUI-F agreed to support the nomination of Mehmood Khan Achakzai,” the post said.
The PTI delegation consisted of Asad Qaiser, PTI Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) President Junaid Akbar and Shahram Khan Tarakai while Maulana Fazlur Rehman was accompanied by Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi, Advocate Jalaluddin and his son Maulana Asjad Mehmood.
During the meeting, the PTI delegation “appealed to the JUI-F chief to play a role in uniting the opposition in Parliament,” the statement said, adding that PTI also sought JUI-F’s “cooperation” regarding a vacant Senate seat from KP.
The two sides also discussed the overall political climate, the regional situation and the parliamentary strategy.
According to the JUI-F statement, the PTI delegation further “heard the JUI-F chief on the proposal to hold a national jirga on the law and order situation in KP”. Fazlur Rehman welcomed the proposal, it said.
