PESHAWAR: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Saturday warned the government against testing his patience as he declined to discuss any objections raised by the president over the seminaries registration bill which was passed by parliament alongside the 26th Amendment.
“Prior to the passage of this bill on the floor of both houses of parliament, the draft of the bill was approved by the PML-N, PPP, and PTI in separate meetings with the leadership of JUI-F,” the Maulana said while addressing a gathering at Jamia Usmania in Pabbi town.
The international and Pakistani establishments and bureaucracy are bent upon pushing the religious seminaries towards extremism by creating hurdles for these institutions, he said, warning that the JUI-F would go to any extent for the protection of seminaries.
The extremists were those who pushed the seminaries’ students for terrorism and extremism, he said, adding that “we, however, want to be part of the Pakistani state and want to remain in the ambit of constitution and law”.
