After engaging the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership in an hours-long discussion, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman confirmed that consultations on the proposed 26th constitutional amendment are progressing, stressing however that the government is not taking the opposition’s reconciliatory approach seriously.
Talking to the media along with PTI chairman Gohar Ali Khan and other party leaders in Islamabad, the JUI-F chief said, “We are engaging with the government with absolute open-heartedness.” However, he warned that if the federal government presents the same draft as before, “we will reject it once again”.
Rehman, 71, reiterated that the government’s initial draft was rejected by his party and it still remains unacceptable to him.
“We continue to reject the initial draft even today,” he said, but also noted that “some issues are still open for discussion.”
