Syed Ali Shah, Manan Mandokhail, News Desk:
QUETTA: Former Chief Minister Balochistan, Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani formally joined the Jamiat ul Ulema e Islam (F) in the presence of Maulana Fazal ur Rehman on Wednesday evening at the Sarawan house. Other central leaders of the religious party and a large number of supporters of Nawab Raisani were also present on the occasion.
“From today, this movement, I am part of the JUI”, Nawab Raisani announced at the gathering. JUI leaders and supporters welcomed the former CM in the religious party.
“Finally, we got Nawab Raisani joining our ranks”, Maulana
“After a lot of attempts, finally, we succeeded in getting Nawab Raisani”, Maulana Fazal ur Rehman, the Chief of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) and JUI said. He said the party was committed to protecting the rights of the people of Balochistan. He said JUI and Nawab Raisani made joint efforts to protect the Reko Diq gold and copper project.
Addressing the gathering, Nawab Raisani said he had cordial relations with the party when he was the chief minister of Balochistan in 2008. “We worked together to protect the rights of the people of Balochistan”, the former CM of Balochistan recalled. He said he would intensify his struggle for the rights of the people of Balochistan through the platform of the religious party.
Zafarullah Zehri, Aman Notezai and Ghulam Dastagir Badini also joined JUI
Former home minister, Mir Zafarullah Zehri, and former provincial ministers Amanullah Notezai and Haji Ghulam Dastagir Badini have also joined the JUI and the formal announcement in this regard would be made soon.
This is for the first time that such a large number of electables from Baloch-dominated areas of Balochistan are joining the religious party. “We will be forming the government in Balochistan”, Maulana Ghafoor Hyderi, the central secretary general of the religious party predicted while addressing the gathering.
JUI has always supported coalition governments in Balochistan and this is for the first time that a large number of electables are joining the party.
