...Assembly of Islamic Clergy, or JUI, is a Pak Deobandi (Hanafi) political party. There are two main branches, one led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, and one that was led by Maulana Samiul Haq. Fazl is active in Pak politix and Sami spent more time running his madrassah until his secretary rubbed him out in a jealous rage. Both branches sponsor branches of the Taliban, though with plausible deniability...
-Fazl Emir 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. Fazl seldom misses a meal and is now so large he has his own gravitational pull...
has said that his party will not leave playing its parliamentary role to "respect those people who voted for its candidates" in the February 8 nationwide polls.
"We believe that the 2024 polls were wrong," the JUI-F supremo said during an interview with Geo News’ programme Jirga with Saleem Safi on Sunday, adding that the party candidates also filed petitions to the Election Commission of Pakistain (ECP) to challenge the election results.
Fazl also said that he questioned the establishment’s point of view over the fairness of the election 2024 as if the May 9 narrative was buried after poll results.
"I have questioned establishment whether the May 9 narrative was buried if they thought the Feb 8 nationwide polls fair," he added.
"Has the nation cast votes to rebels [PTI-linked candidates]?" questioned Fazl.