[The News (Pak) Top Stories] Expressing serious reservations over non-acceptance of its demands, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has threatened to part ways with the government.The sources said that the reservations of the JUI-F on different issues could not be removed during a lengthy meeting between Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Monday.
Rehman Malik, however, assured the Maulana that he would convey the grievances to the prime minister. "I will not go into details about the delay in acceptance of demands but will convey the JUI's reservations to the prime minister," Malik told newsmen after the meeting.
The JUI-F chief told newsmen that the party would not only quit the federal cabinet but would also part ways with the treasury benches in the two houses of parliament.
To a question, he said the JUI-F would be forced to give a deadline to the government if their demands were not accepted. "The government has not taken practical steps on even a single clause of the written agreement," he said.
During the meeting, Rehman Malik and Maulana Fazlur Rehman discussed matters relating to non implementation on the written agreement between the JUI-F and the government at the time of joining the coalition government.
The Maulana made it clear that they would not tolerate this attitude of the government anymore as it had been ignoring their demands. He was of the view that their party's demands were thrown into a dustbin.
During the meeting, the JUI-F chief also expressed serious reservations over the military operation in the tribal areas and the search operation in Kala Dhaka area of Mansehra district and non implementation of Shariah. It may be pointed out here that the JUI-F ministers walked out of the cabinet meeting held at the Parliament House before the announcement of the budget on Saturday when their recommendations were not included in the budget documents.