JUI-F set for solo flight on long march against govt.

ISLAMABAD -- Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) will take a solo flight on staging a long march in Islamabad against the incumbent PTI government.

Talking to The Nation here on Wednesday, a close aide of Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that it was their final decision taken in the recently held Majlis-e-Shoora meeting, claiming they will take thousands of people to roads for marching towards Islamabad against the government.

He said the local leadership of JUI-F from across the country was given the responsibilities to raise funds and mobilise more than 15,000 volunteers for the anti-government protest.

He said that they are aware of the government's designs to arrest the JUI-F leadership but they are determined to hold the long march and not afraid of such tactics on the part of government.

Earlier, addressing the 'Million March' rally in Quetta on July 28, the JUI-F chief had said that Quetta Million March was their last Million March and their next target would be Islamabad.

Later on, Maulana Fazlur Rehman had announced that his party decided to stage a final and decisive long march in Islamabad to topple the government, saying a final decision will be announced in upcoming All Parties Conference.

Addressing the reporters after a two-day meeting of the party's Majlis e Shoora, Maulana had threatened the government against making any tactics to spoil their long march.

He had claimed that the people from every walk of life will participate in the long march and will...