Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman urged on Friday the opposition to not stage protests during the all-important Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), slated to happen in Pakistan.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Rehman said: “The parliament’s role will be increased in terms of appointing the judges with the abolishment of the 19th amendment.”
“The government should know that our narrative becomes popular in the public,” he said.
He said: “The parliament’s role had been finished with the judicial reforms in the 19th Amendment.”
“The consensus can be reached on the suitable draft, but there is a condition of accepting our draft,” Rehman stated.
“It will be inappropriate politically to get the approval done of the constitutional amendment without reaching any consensus,” he stated.
Rehman said: “If we had to give the votes, we had done with the process.”
“There is a need to reach consensus during the presence of the friendly countries in Pakistan,” he said.
“Nine months had been taken to bring the 18th Amendment. So, we should also be given nine days,” the JUI-F chief added.
Rehman said: “There is an objective to reach a consensus first with the Pakistan People's Party (PPP).”
“There is a dire need to provide justices to the masses by wrapping up their cases,” he stated.
“Whether it is the constitutional court or constitutional bench, both of them can be alternatives to each other,” Rehman said.
“We respect the judiciary. The courts should also need to show respect for the masses,” he said.
He said: “The parliament should not need to sideline the priorities of the public.”
“It is up to the judiciary and us to restore the confidence of the masses,” he added.
He urged the need to keep the judiciary away from politics.
Speaking about his meeting with PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, saying, “Bilawal Bhutto has already met with me on many accounts. Even, he came to meet me today as well.”
“It is unbelievable that the copies of the draft of the constitutional amendment were distributed in the parliamentary committee,” Rehman maintained.
