No snap polls despite assemblies' dissolution.

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Monday snap elections would not be held despite the dissolution of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies. Addressing a news conference, he lashed out at the political opponents, saying, "We will consider the options as per the constitution and law." "Regardless of the fact that the PTI is dissolving the assemblies, its legal power is all over." "The country and its institutions will not work as per PTI s desire," he said. Fazl said that there was no space of presidential form of government in the country and deplored that unfortunately after every one or two decades a person was imposed to talk about a new system in the country.

Addressing a Jamiat Lawyers Convention here, he said that Islamic Ideological Council was established in 1973 to make laws in the light of Quran and Sunnah in Pakistan, adding that it was clearly mentioned in the Constitution of Pakistan that Presidential form of government would never be implemented in the country. He said that Imran Khan was planted in Pakistan as part of a global conspiracy. He said previous ruler...

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