Adviser to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister on Information Barrister Muhammad Saif has urged Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman to show moral courage and refuse to accept the reserved seats.
“If the opposition parties have even the slightest moral courage, they will refuse to take reserved seats which are only PTI’s right but have been put up for ‘auction’,” said Saif.
“Fazlur Rehman should also show moral courage like [ANP’s] Amir Haider Hoti,” the KP CM’s aide said while welcoming the latter’s statement regarding not accepting the reserved seats.
His remarks refer to the Supreme Court’s June 27 verdict, which declared the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ineligible for the reserved seats, after which the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) restored five reserved seats for women in the National Assembly from KP.
Expanding on the reserved seats situation, Barrister Saif recalled that Maulana Fazl had abandoned the PTI during the 26th Constitutional Amendment as well.
“First the mandate of PTI was stolen through Form 47 and now the reserved seats are also being distributed among others,” Saif remarked.
He further said that the federal government has used every tactic to eliminate the PTI but has failed nevertheless.
