JUI-F urges rivals to stop ‘anti-Fazl campaign’

ISLAMABAD: JUI-F Punjab General Secretary Hafiz Naseer Ahmed Ahrar on Monday urged the party’s political opponents to refrain from what he described as a campaign of character assassination against JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman. In a statement, Mr Ahrar said that Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s remarks should be viewed in the context of the challenges facing Pakistan, but his opponents were running a campaign to malign him. Responding to remarks by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, Mr Ahrar asked her to explain who had facilitated the PTI’s 13-year rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He also challenged…