{
  "id": 18078318,
  "title": "Fazl hints at launching street agitation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/fazl-hints-at-launching-street-agitation-18078318",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T05:45:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2041913/fazl-hints-at-launching-street-agitation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Maulana Fazlur Rahman, the chief of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), declared on Tuesday that his political party would resist any attempts by the government to exploit the nation's natural resources and infringe upon citizens' democratic rights. Addressing a gathering of workers, Rahman warned the government against attempting to divide the nation and incite conflict in order to pillage the country's resources. He emphasized JUI-F's steadfast opposition to such anti-people policies and actions.\n\nMalik Waheed, a former divisional president of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and a former ally of Rahman, announced his decision to join JUI-F at the same event. Rahman called upon the workers to stand firmly by him as he planned to launch a street agitation, asserting that JUI-F would not allow the government to plunder the nation's natural resources. The party leader stressed that JUI-F is the only political force genuinely opposing illegal centers of power, anti-national policies, and foreign interference.\n\nRahman criticized the effectiveness of successive governments' counterterrorism policies, highlighting the billions of dollars spent and 13 operations conducted since 2010, yet militancy persisting and innocent lives being lost. He reminded the audience that the people are the custodians and owners of the country's resources, while those questioning the government's performance are subject to character assassination. He also warned that the government should not consider JUI-F to compromise its principles and deviate from its stance on enforcing true democracy, specifically in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.\n\nMaulana Attaur Rahman, the provincial chief of JUI-F, stated that the party would not accept the revival of the status of former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) without consulting with tribesmen. He criticized both the PPP and PML-N for playing a role in changing the tribal status of Fata and then reversing it without consulting indigenous people. Maulana Ajmal Khan, JUI-F general secretary in Punjab, condemned reports of a drone flight over Rahman's residence and called for an immediate end to such actions, emphasizing that the party rejects taking the law into its own hands. The provincial office-bearers of JUI-F assured that the party's workers are prepared to stand with Rahman in his fight for the rights of the people.",
  "summary": "MANSEHRA: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman said here on Tuesday that his party would never allow the government to plunder the natural resources and deprive people of their democratic rights in the country. “The government wants to divide the nation and create conflict to plunder natural resources. We will never allow it to undermine democracy, politics and rights of people.…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}