ISLAMABAD: Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday invited Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif to join hands with him and sit in opposition.
Addressing a press conference in the Federal Capital, he said his party would sit in the opposition and will continue to play its role in parliament for the betterment of the country. I also invite Nawaz Sharif to join hands with me in opposition, he added.
He said JUI-F was an ideological party and also ruled out the possibility of any alliance with political parties saying we are not going to have any alliance with any party. The JUI-F Central Executive Committee (CEC), which lasted two days, had rejected poll results, he said.
To a question he said, we were not subordinate to the PML-N and PPP.
Speaking about JUI-F’s meeting with its capital and provincial bodies, he said the meeting of JUI-F was scheduled for February 22 in Islamabad, followed by in Balochistan on February 25.
Moulana Fazlur Rehman said the JUI-F would hold its meeting in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on February 27. The party will also hold its meeting in Sindh on March 3, and on March 5 in Lahore, he said.