The party chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, submitted the application for the allotment of opposition benches. PHOTO: EPA/FILE
ISLAMABAD:?Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on Monday formally submitted an application in the speaker’s office to allow its members to sit on opposition benches in the National Assembly.
Three members of the JUI-F including Maulana Qasim, Haji Rozudin and Maulana Abdul Malik sat on treasury benches during the national assembly session. The party chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, later submitted the application for the allotment of opposition benches.
Speaking to the media outside parliament, Rehman said that two parliamentary secretaries from JUI-F, Aasia Nasir and Mufti Ajmal Khan Khattak, would also be resigning.
The JUI-F had quit the coalition on December 14 following Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s orders to sack Senator Azam Swati, the wealthiest member of the JUI-F. Swati was embroiled in a public war of words with Religious Minister Hamid Kazmi, who is faced with allegations of?corruption in Hajj arrangements. Kazmi was also sacked along with Swati.
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