Maryam Nawaz to call on JUI-F chief Maulana Fazl
Political leaders to discuss long march; arrest of former foreign minister Khawaja Asif
A day after PPP announced that they will partake in the Senate elections, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz announced to call on Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday.
The meeting will discuss the situation after the arrest of former foreign minister and the acting PML-N leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Khawaja Asif, in an assets beyond means and money laundering case.
Maryam and Fazl will discuss the long march that the opposition has threatened if Prime Minister Imran Khan does not resign by January 31.
This file photo shows PDM president Maulana Fazlur Rehman along with PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz talking to media after a meeting. Tanveer Shahzad / White Star
ISLAMABAD: The government is ready for dialogue only with the serious-minded leadership of the opposition but PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz should not be part of the process, announced federal Minister for Information Senator Shibli Faraz on Monday.
“National dialogue is part of politics and the forum for such a dialogue will be parliament, as it represents the people’s will. But both Maryam Nawaz and Maulana Fazlur Rehman are not part of the parliament, therefore they will be excluded from the process,” he said while expressing the government’s resolve at a press conference.
December 29, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz Monday said the government was firmly saddled and the national and provincial assemblies will complete their constitutional terms come rain or sunshine.
He was addressing a news conference with Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry and Federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda here. Shibli said Prime Minister Imran Khan was ready for dialogue with the serious-minded opposition leaders on public issues minus JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman and PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz.
He made it clear that the dialogue forum would be the parliament, as it represented the people’s will. “National dialogue is part of politics but both Maryam Nawaz and Fazlur Rehman, who are not part of the legislature, will be excluded [from this process]. But the opposition has rendered it unfunctional,” he maintained.
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz Monday said the government was firmly saddled and the national and provincial assemblies will complete their constitutional.