( Clockwise from left) A video grab shows a JUI-F worker being accosted by security personnel in Parliament Lodges; JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman issues a call for nation-wide protests while speaking to the media; and, a group of Ansarul Islam volunteers, who came to provide security to JUI-F lawmakers, sit outside Parliament Lodges on Thursday.... He questioned the need for police action, asking if they were carrying illegal weapons, disturbing the peace or found in possession of narcotics

Join our Whatsapp channel PESHAWAR/ ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan’s( ECP) recent order and subsequent notifications related to reserved seats have led to partial changes in the party positions in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Asse-mbly, with the JUI-F losing two and PPP losing one seat overall. While PTI-backed lawmakers maintain their tally of 92 members, opposition parties have experienced slight variations in their seat allocations.... The development has not impacted the overall s

Senator Kamran Murtaza, in the reply filed on behalf of the JUI-F, apprised the apex court that severe consequences such as lifetime disqualifications for defections from party under Article 63-A of the Constitution ‘without vote count’ would undermine the already weak democracy.... However, the opposition party also argued if a situation under Article 63A of the Constitution arises, where the party head tells the MNAs to vote, but some members abstain from voting, then should the NA Speaker be

PESHAWAR: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl on Thursday announced that it would send around 10, 000 volunteers of its Ansarul Islam force to Islamabad from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to provide security to the participants of the opposition’s march on March 25. The JUI-F’s provincial council met here on Thursday with Maulana Attaur Rehman in the chair and worked out the plan for the Islamabad march, according to a statement issued by the JUI-F media cell. Ansarul Islam is a JUI-F volunteer force, which prov

Join our Whatsapp channel QUETTA: Senior JUI-F leader, veteran politician and scholar, Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, passed away late on Wednesday night, his family confirmed.... He held key positions in Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam and the Pakistan National Alliance( PNA).... He also served as deputy parliamentary leader of JUI-F in the National Assembly. Hafiz Hussain Ahmed was first elected as an MNA in 1988 on a JUI-F ticket....

ISLAMABAD: The capital administration issued another show-cause notice to the organisers of the JUI-F public gathering, informing them that a case would be registered against them over violation of terms and conditions of the NOC.... However, the capital administration issued a conditional NOC to the PML-N for a public gathering on March 28 in H-9 in response to a request from the party’s Islamabad chapter President Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry submitted on March 24. The officials said it was the se

RAWALPINDI: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam( JUI-F) on Thursday announced to support former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan in NA-53 and in return got support from him in the provincial assembly seat of PP-19 in the garrison city. The decision was announced at a press conference by JUI-F district emir Dr Ziaur Rehman at Jamia Islamia Mosque Kamran Market, Saddar. However, Chaudhry Nisar, once a close aide to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, and opposition leader in National Assembly from 2008

SHANGLA: A “ tug of war ” has been reported in the Jamiat Ulema-I-Islam-Fazl here over nominations for the Feb 8 general elections. There are several hopefuls for party tickets in NA-11, PK-28, PK-29 and PK-30 with many of them filing nomination papers for multiple constituencies. Seat adjustment by the JUI-F with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is also expected in some constituencies. Experts say the JUI-F has a “ certain ” vote bank in the district that put them in the election winning positi

BATTAGRAM: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-backed candidates have locked horns in PK-35 here for the Feb 8 elections. ADVERTISEMENT Political observers say JUI-F candidate Nawabzad Wali Mohammad Khan, who is backed by ‘Battagram Group’, and PTI hopeful Taj Mohammad Khan Trand, who has support of the ‘Trand Group’ are the hot favourites for the seat. Taj Mohammad, who was former special assistant to the chief minister, had won the seat in 2018 elections.... He is the son o

PESHAWAR: Following the completion of the re-polling in the first phase of the local body elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the opposition Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl( JUI-F) has emerged on top by securing 24 slots of the mayor/ chairman of tehsil councils followed by the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf with 17 seats. The independent candidates won 10 such seats, Awami National Party seven, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz three, Jamaat-i-Islami and Tehreek-i-Islahat Pakistan two each and Pakistan Peop