...a Pak religious party. It is usually part of the govt, never part of the solution...
-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman
...Deobandi holy man, known as
Mullah Dieselduring the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty...
has said that a plan is under consideration to change the status of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
and declare it as a separate province.
Addressing the party’s general council meeting here on Saturday, he said that JUI-F had opposed the plan and passed a resolution at the all parties conference not to change the existing status of Azad Kashmir.
"The plan about changing the status of Azad Kashmir is still under consideration, but JUI-F would insist not to change the position of Azad Kashmir," said Maulana Fazl.
The two-day general council meeting of JUI-F started in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire...
, in which over 900 members were participating. The council would discuss the prevailing political scenario, upcoming by-elections and the next general elections in the country.
About the prevailing situation in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, particularly the merged districts, the JUI-F chief said that armed people surfaced in the region when peace talks started. He said that unarmed civilians were confronting armed people in the region.
He said that his party believed in sustainable peace and was ready for playing a role in this regard, but at the same time the JUI-F leaders and workers also wanted their safety to be guaranteed. He said that his party was being punished for its role in supremacy of the Constitution.