PPP demands chairmanship of Rehbar Committee
PML-N and JUI-F refused to accept the demand.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Controversy over chairmanship of Rehbar Committee of opposition parties has evolved as Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has demanded to appoint Yousaf Raz Gilani as head of committee.
However, PML-N and JUI-F refused to accept the demand. Sources said in a protest PPP retrieved Gilani’s name and gave Farhat ullah Baber’s name to represent the party instead.
It is pertinent to mention that Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chairman Maulana Fazlur Rahman has summoned the meeting of the newly-formed Rehbar Committee of opposition parties on Friday July 5 at 10 AM.
The meeting will discuss the no-confidence vote against Senate chairman, economic situation as well as holding protests against the government. The meeting will consider whether to initiate separate public contact campaigns by the opposition parties or to launch a joint drive.
The meeting will also finalize the plan to observe black day on July 25. The meeting will also discuss the issue of possible arrests by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
Pakistan People’s Party leader Yousuf Raza Gillani, Nayyar Bukhari, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Ahsan Iqbal, and Qaumi Watan Party’s Aftab Sherpao, Mir Tahir Bizenjo and Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) leader Usman Kakar will attend the meeting.
Akram Durani from JUI while Awaise Noorani from JUP are also part of the committee. Jamiat Ahlehadis’ Rana Shafique and member from QWP would also attend the meeting.
On June 26, an All Parties Conference hosted by JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman had decided to constitute a ‘Rehbar Committee’ to devise a joint future line of action. The committee having the representation of all opposition parties would sort out their mutual differences and ensure implementation of the APC decisions.
Talking about the committer after the APC in the presser, Fazlur Rehman had said that the opposition parties will replace Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani through a constitutional procedure. A steering committee – comprising members from all parties – would be mandated to name a joint candidate. “The committee will be called Rehbar Committee, it will implement the APC decisions,” he said.
