{"id":54044,"date":"2024-01-30T01:46:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T01:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/kp-balochistan-candidates-wary-of-contesting-polls-fazl\/"},"modified":"2024-01-30T01:46:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T01:46:15","slug":"kp-balochistan-candidates-wary-of-contesting-polls-fazl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/kp-balochistan-candidates-wary-of-contesting-polls-fazl\/","title":{"rendered":"KP, Balochistan candidates wary of contesting polls: Fazl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>LARKANA: JUI-F emir Maulana Fazulur Rehman has expressed concern over the law and order situation in the country, claiming that candidates in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan are still wary of contesting elections amid security fears.<\/p>\n<p>Maulana Fazl addressed two rallies in Sindh\u2019s Larkana and Kandhkot districts over the weekend as part of the election campaigns for joint JUI-F-Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) candidates.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1807758\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In his address at Larkana\u2019s Jamia Islamia seminary on Sunday, the JUI-F emir said that candidates in Balochistan and KP were being targeted in one or two attacks every week. He demanded clarity over the issue and said people should be informed about the prevailing situation.<\/p>\n<p>Maulana Fazl, however, urged people to participate in elections and \u201ccast their vote wisely\u201d to elect right person for their representation in assemblies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote-level-1\">\n<p>Urges people to \u2018vote wisely\u2019 for prosperity, upholding human rights<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While expressing concern over crippling inflation, he asked how a vendor, a pushcart owner and poor villagers could feed their children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder what conditions they are living? Do they have the resources to purchase anything for their families?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen shall we get rid of these ills,\u201d he questioned and added that Islam has taught us about human rights, peace and a prosperous economy.<\/p>\n<p>He regretted that Pakistan could not make real progress in any field over the past 75 years. The country had been left behind in the entire region, he said. \u201cNow we are on the decline further,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent among those who attended the gathering were Dr Safdar Abbasi, GDA\u2019s candidate from NA-195 (Larkana-II), Rashid Mehmood Soomro, JUI-F leader and candidate from NA-194 (Larkana-I), Maulana Tahir Mehmood Soomro JUI-F\u2019s candidate from PS-10, Muzaffar Brohi of GDA, Dr Abdul Qayoom Soomro, Abdul Qayoom Halijvi and others.<\/p>\n<p>In their speeches, the leaders criticised PPP\u2019s 15-year rule in Sindh and said the party \u201csold\u201d tempting slogans and deceived voters with \u201chollow promises\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rally in Kandhkot<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Saturday, the JUI-F emir arrived in Kandhkot and addressed a rally.<\/p>\n<p>He said the \u201cgrand procession\u201d was a message that the candidates of JUI-F and its allies would win the election.<\/p>\n<p>Criticising PTI founding chairman Imran Khan, the JUI-F emir claimed there was no accountability of the person \u201cwho usurped foreign funding of his party\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Maulana Fazl told a charged crowd that there was a need to struggle for prosperity and uphold human rights in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf powerful people commit crime, they walk free with impunity, and if the poor are involved in any wrongdoing, they are arrested,\u201d he said, adding that although there was a single law, two systems are running within it. \u201cSuch affairs invite Allah\u2019s wrath,\u201d the Maulana said.<\/p>\n<p>He said lawmakers in assemblies did not seem interested in Islamic legislation as enshrined in the constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the number of religious scholars was less in the assembly, Maulana Fazl said, \u201cThey had played their role in making this country an Islamic state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Talking about the upcoming elections, he urged JUI-F\u2019s workers and supporters to go door to door in cities and villages and persuade people to play their role \u201cfor the protection of life and properties\u201d by exercising their right to vote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1804172\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>While talking about the situation in Afghanistan, Maulana Fazl said the US had been defeated in Afghanistan and that the country was \u201cmore stable\u201d at present.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed efforts were being made to weaken Afghanistan and sour its \u201cfriendship\u201d with Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole world is trying to make them fight, but JUI-F played an important role in bringing them together,\u201d said Maulana Fazl, who recently visited Kabul and met the Afghan Taliban leadership.<\/p>\n<p><em>Published in Dawn, January 29th, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>To find your constituency and location of your polling booth, SMS your NIC number (no spaces) to 8300. Once you know your constituency, visit the ECP website <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/ecp.gov.pk\/general-elections-2024\">here<\/a> for candidates.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LARKANA: JUI-F emir Maulana Fazulur Rehman has expressed concern over the law and order situation in the country, claiming that candidates in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan are still wary of contesting elections amid security fears. Maulana Fazl addressed two rallies in Sindh\u2019s Larkana and Kandhkot districts over the weekend as part of the election campaigns [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/01\/65b6d13ea3db4.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}