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Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), on Monday confirmed he has submitted an application to Speaker National Assembly to sit on the opposition benches.Speaking to media representatives in Islamabad, he said the JUI-Fs parliamentary secretaries in the National Assembly and Senate have also tendered their resignations.The JUI-F pulled out of the PPP-led coalition government after Azam Swati, a federal minister from JUI-F, was sacked from the cabinet by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.During the past few days, the PPP has attempted to win back Fazlur Rehmans support. However, the JUI-F chief has refused to change his stance on the issue.However, JUI-F MNAs sat on the treasury benches at the start of the todays session. JIU-F MPs Maulana Qasim, Haji Rozuddin, Maulana Abdul Malik and others took last seats of the treasury benches. Later, while talking to Dunya News outside the Parliament House, JUI-F Senator Abdul Ghafoor Hiaderi said that an application for seats on the Opposition benches would be submitted within a day or two. Referring to RGST, he said that his party would oppose it, if the reservations over it were not addressed.
