TIL Desk/World/Islamabad/ Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has dismissed fears of an Islamabad lockdown on October 27 by Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, saying he would not be able to exploit the ‘religious card’ against the government at the behest of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
“The prime minister was of the view that PPP and PML-N are pretending that they are not taking part in the lockdown programme, but in fact both parties are backing him (Maulana Fazlur of JUI-F) and providing him money to meet their own agenda,” a close aide of Khan told an English daily after the meeting.
As per reports, Khan said that Maulana Fazlur is using innocent children from madrasas against the government, but he [JUI-F chief] should realise that after the government’s stance on the Kashmir issue in the recently concluded United Nations General Assembly session, he would not be able to exploit the ‘religious card’.
