{"id":25851,"date":"2024-02-14T18:18:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T13:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=25851"},"modified":"2024-02-14T18:18:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T13:18:30","slug":"fazal-rejects-election-results-announces-country-wide-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/fazal-rejects-election-results-announces-country-wide-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Fazal rejects election results, announces country-wide protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Chief of Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam chief Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman has announced that his party rejected election results and would take to the streets in protest against \u2018rigging\u2019 on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement following a party meeting in Islamabad, Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman expressed strong dissatisfaction, stating that the level of rigging observed in this election surpassed even that of the contentious 2018 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the media, Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman emphasized that the streets might become the new forum for decision-making if electoral integrity continues to be compromised. He dismissed claims of transparency by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecp.gov.pk\/\">Election Commission of Pakistan<\/a>, asserting that the polls were marred by clear instances of bribery and undue influence.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman urged the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) to join the Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam in opposition, underlining the need for a united front against what he perceived as electoral malpractice.<\/p>\n<p>However, he clarified that the final decision regarding protest actions would be made in consultation with the party&#8217;s general body, indicating a coordinated approach within the JUI.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/fazal-ur-rehman-to-sit-in-opposition.html\">Fazal-ur-Rehman to sit in opposition?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Regarding the role of the establishment in politics, Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman expressed a willingness to acknowledge their authority if they refrained from interference. Conversely, he warned of political consequences if the establishment continued to meddle in political affairs.<\/p>\n<p>As the nation grapples with the fallout from the elections, Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman&#8217;s stance underscores the heightened political tensions and the imperative for transparency and accountability in the electoral process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Chief of Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam chief Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman has announced that his party rejected election results and would take to the streets in protest against \u2018rigging\u2019 on Monday. In a statement following a party meeting in Islamabad, Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman expressed strong dissatisfaction, stating that the level of rigging observed in this election surpassed even that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":25852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2,147],"tags":[491,148,11782],"class_list":["post-25851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","category-politics","tag-election-commission-of-pakistan","tag-ecp","tag-jamiat-e-ulema-islam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}