ISLAMABAD: Both Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana FazlurRehman and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif agreed to constitute acommittee to develop consensus among the opposition parties to resign fromthe assemblies, sources told The News here on Saturday.
The sources said Maulana Fazlur Rehman made a telephonic call to NawazSharif on Saturday and particularly focused on two issues—resignations ofthe opposition members from the assemblies and presidentship of PakistanDemocratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of the opposition parties made inAPC.
“Maulana Fazlur Rehman suggested that the opposition members shouldimmediately resign from the assemblies because this political strategywould break the back of the Imran-led fragile government,” the sources said.
The sources said Maulana Fazlur Rehman also showed his desire to lead PDMbecause according to him PPP would also have no objection over it. “NawazSharif completely agreed with the suggestion that the opposition shouldresign from the assemblies but he maintained that a committee should beconstituted to take this decision with consensus among all the oppositionparties,” the sources said.
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The sources said PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari during the APC alsomaintained that the lawmakers of his party were ready to resign but theseresignations would be submitted to Nawaz Sharif who would come to Pakistanand present them to the Speaker National Assembly. “
