Govt appeals to Maulana Fazl not to hold a sit-in outside the Supreme Court

The federal government on Sunday urged the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) — a 13-party ruling alliance — to change the location of its planned sit-in from outside the Supreme Court to D-Chowk in the federal capital.

Fazl, who is also head of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), had announced Monday (tomorrow) that he would organize a “peaceful” sit-in outside the apex court against Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial over “the facilitating” and giving “VIP protocol” to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan, following a meeting of the heads of the PDM parties also attended by PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif from London via a video connection.

In what could be called a reversal, Federal Home Affairs Minister Rana Sanaullah and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Maulana called on Fazl and urged him not to organize the sit-in outside the top court to further tensions in prevent the country.