ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf talked about bolstering the opposition parties’ platforms. PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja and former speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser were reportedly present during the meeting held at the Parliament Lodges.

Senator Kamran Murtaza and MNA Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri represented the JUI-F at the meeting. Raja apprised the JUI-F leaders of PTI founding chairman Imran Khan’s message about uniting against the government and for supremacy of the rule of law and the Constitution. 

Haideri and Murtaza laid out the point of view of their chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and his concerns before going for the formation of a grand alliance. The meeting also focused on how to collectively work inside the parliament on important national issues and possible legislation in future.

There have been contacts between the two sides in recent months but significant progress could not be made for a working relationship. However, recently, a two-member committee, consisting of Qaiser and Murtaza, was formed to pave the way for moving forward. The sources had said that the JUI-F’s leadership had apprised Qaisar of conditions- some of which also pertained to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur-if it was to join the opposition’s alliance. The opposition’s moot demanded to abolish all amendments that contradict the spirit of the Constitution. The conference called the “rampant violation of constitutional and human rights” a complete negation of the rule of law in the country.