No talks without PM's resignation: JUI-F chief to govt negotiators.

ISLAMABAD -- Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Thursday said reiterated the demand of the prime minister's resignation, saying the government shouldn't bother with dialogue if the PM's resignation was off the table. The talks between the government and the opposition are in progress for a week now and but there have been no tangible results, as both sides have stuck to their demands. Addressing the participants of the Azadi March, the JUI-F chief said the prime minister has no option now as he has hit a dead end.

'You are at a dead end now and now you must decide whether you want to continue to remain there or come out and give back the people their right,' said the JUI-F chief. He also brought up the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) foreign fund case during his address. He said the PTI was using 'delaying tactics' in the foreign funding case pending with the Election Commission of Pakistan. 'Why is your foreign funding case still pending in the ECP for the past 5 years? Your own senior leadership has gone to the commission and has said funding came from India, Europe, and many other places.

You submitted 60 petitions in the court to delay the case. Every petition by the government has been rejected. Why has the election commission not been able to decide the matter?' he questioned. Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai while addressing the anti-government protest participants vowed that any 'attack on the Constitution' will not be allowed...