Maulana Fazlur Rehman wants every politician out of jail.

Calling upon the political forces of the country to seriously focus on issues confronting Pakistan both on internal and external level, the Pakistan Democratic Movement president Maulana Fazlur Rehman in a surprising move said on Saturday he wanted every politician to be out of the jail.

Uplift of the country's economy is a challenging task and every political party is supposed to play its role in this regard. It would not be a matter of joy for me to see my opponents in jail while I am freed. I am of the view that every politician should be out of jail,' Maulana Fazlur Rehman told newsmen in Peshawar.

The Secretary General of Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam said that it did not suit him to organize public gatherings against his opponents who are imprisoned adding it was he who brought all the political parties on one platform to maintain the dignity of the country that is confronted with worst economic crisis.

Rehman lamented that the traders were facing severe economic hardships and the poor masses were staging protests...