The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) has decided to contest the January elections with a separate election symbol. MMA Secretary General Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday phoned the MMAÂ’s Liaquat Baloch and asked him to convey to MMA President Qazi Hussain Ahmed his desire to contest the elections against a separate election symbol.The last date to apply for an election symbol has passed. The JUI-F now needs a letter from the MMA allowing it to get a separate symbol. "Fazl wants a letter from Ahmed, allowing the JUI-F to contest the elections on a separate election symbol," Baloch told Daily Times. He said he had forwarded Fazl's message to Ahmed.
JI chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed has been opposing taking part in the elections and has asked his party candidates to withdraw their nomination papers. JUI-F chief Fazl has, however, publicly said he is not in favour of boycotting the elections. Baloch said Fazl had told him that his decision to contest the elections was final. "A delegation consisting of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Mehmood Khan Achakzai and other APDM leaders will meet Fazl in Islamabad today (Monday) to convince him to boycott the elections," Baloch added.