PDM denies Fazl- Tareen secret meeting
Spokesman Report
LAYYAH/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chairman and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Moulana Fazlur Rehman said on Tuesday that the opposition will send the government packing through no-confidence motion. Addressing a rally in Layyah on Tuesday, he said that the government’s the constitution’s basic structure has four elements and Islam is part of the basic structure of the constitution, while the second element is democracy, which means that dictatorship cannot come in Pakistan.
The PDM chairman said that no dictator can seize power in Pakistan, adding that the third element of the constitution is the federal system of the country, while the fourth element is the parliamentary style of government. Fazlur Rehman went on to say that the children of the province have a right to the resources of Punjab. “Parliamentary style of government means no presidential system will work and Presidential system is a symbol of dictatorship,” he said adding that Ayub Khan sold our three rivers to India and in Zia-ul-Haq s system, Siachin was handed over to India.
Today, he said the presidential system is again being discussed and such proposals seem to be a conspiracy to divide Pakistan once again. Amid increasing links between the Opposition and PTI’s allies in an effort to topple the incumbent government, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has denied reports of its chief and JUI-F President Fazlur Rehman’s meeting with estranged PTI leader Jahangir Khan Tareen.
Fazl had reportedly met Prime Minister Imran Khan’s former confidante Tareen two days ago, sources said. They said that some mutual friends had arranged a meeting between Fazl and Tareen as the former sought help from the disgruntled PTI leader over the current political situation and future issues. However, PDM spokesperson Hafiz Hamdullah on Tuesday refuted the reports, saying that Fazl does not believe in “drawing room and offshore politics”.
He stressed that all of the Opposition alliance’s meetings and efforts to make the no-trust movement successful would be in front of the nation instead of secret. Hamdullah further stated that PDM will soon arrange a jirga for negotiations with various political parties where all Opposition parties will be represented. It may be recalled that JUI leader Akram Khan Durrani had already refuted the reports of Fazl and Tareen’s meeting while speaking on Geo News programme Capital Talk. He, however, had said that the two leaders “might meet in future”.