Former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday singled out Jamiat-Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman for putting up ‘actual fight’ for protecting the constitution of Pakistan. Speaking to media outside Islamabad’s accountability court, former minister lauded Maulana’s point of view regarding constitutional amendment which the latter shared with reporters after calling on Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif alongside top political leadership of other parties including President Asif Ali Zardari for consultations on proposed constitutional package. Chaudhry, who is a lawyer himself, claimed that Maulana’s stance was closest to that of legal community as well as of people who believed in democracy.

Stressing the need for safeguarding the judiciary, he feared if lawyers and judges won’t stand for the freedom of judiciary then country would go back to dictatorship, adding that people were already treated unjustly in courts. “The nation is looking at Maulana. It will be great if he could converge the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) to his stance,” he added. He claimed that Maulana was leading the grand opposition alliance and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was acting upon his piece of advice. Earlier, the former minister had appeared before the court in connection with Jehlum Road Irregularity case, which the court adjourned till November 11.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan