PM asks aides to keep channel of dialogue with Fazl open – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan asked his political advisers on Friday to keep open a & # 39; dialogue channel & # 39; with the head of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F), Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who called for a sit-in against the government on October 31 in the federal capital.

Prime Minister Khan gave these instructions during a meeting with government spokesmen in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

When he contacted him, a spokesman for the prime minister, who also attended the meeting, said that a proposal had been submitted that the government should contact the head of the JUI-F to determine the demands of his party and not It should reach a stalemate. trouble.

The head of JUI-F will not stop organizing a sitting

It was also decided at the meeting that Maulana Fazl, who will start her agitation program known as Azadi March from Sindh on October 27 and arrive in Islamabad on October 31, will not stop organizing the sit-in in the federal capital, but in case If the protesters became rebellious, they would be treated severely.

"The prime minister's response was clear that there is no harm in reaching Maulana to avoid any deadlock," the spokesman said.

The spokesman said the prime minister was of the opinion that the head of the JUI-F was following the line of the two main opposition parties: the Muslim League of Pakistan-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Popular Party of Pakistan (PPP).

The spokesman quoted the prime minister as saying: "The Maulana is following the line of PML-N and PPP because he is fighting for his own livelihood."

The meeting noted that both the PPP and the PML-N, who remained in power two and three times, respectively, had now reached a stage where they were forced to seek help from the smallest parts of the country.

The meeting noted that the head of the JUI-F had used different cards on different occasions and this time Maulana was using the religion card when bringing innocent seminary students to the sitting, but expressed the hope that "this time the plan of Maulana's agitation will prove to be his waterloo. ”

Meanwhile, the federal Minister of Religious Affairs, Noorul Haq Qadri, clarified on Friday that the prime minister had not entrusted him with the task of holding talks with Maulana Fazlur Rehman.

In a statement, the minister said there was no truth in the news in the media that the prime minister had commissioned him to form a committee to investigate the matter.

Media reports also hinted that Maulana Fazl would not be allowed to enter the federal capital and could be arrested in Punjab or Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

It is believed that the Sindh government, where the PPP is in power, will make it easier for the head of the JUI-F to begin the Azadi march.

Maulana Fazal is expected to present the next action plan after arriving in Islamabad. Thousands of seminary students are expected to participate in the protest.

Pakistan Citizen Portal

Separately, the Prime Minister's Office announced that the Pakistan Citizen Portal (PCP) had become an effective platform for the repair of public complaints, especially complaints related to government offices where excessive delay and apathy of officials hindered efforts for good governance.

Launched by the prime minister on October 28 last year, the portal received 1.23 million complaints from 1,173 million registered users so far in just 11 months of its existence.

According to data published by the PMO, most of the complaints received by the portal were related to municipal services (256,867 complaints), followed by the energy and energy sector (210,259), education (124,362), health (71,562), law and order (70,066) and departments of land and income (47,435).

From Punjab, the portal received a total of 447,921 complaints. Of these, 38 percent of the complaints were related to municipal services, 11 percent concerned education and 10 percent related to law and order.

From KP, a total of 109,806 complaints were received. Of these, 25 percent of the complaints were filed against municipal services, 19 percent concerned education and 12 percent referred to the health sector.

From Sindh, the portal received a total of 92,648 complaints. Of these, 47{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} of the complaints were due to bad municipal services, 10{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} of the complaints about citizens' rights and only 8{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} of complaints related to the education sector.

From Baluchistan, 7,378 complaints were received and most of them were related to municipal services, education and health sectors.

The portal, connected with more than 7,000 government offices, had helped address 1.057 million complaints so far and the rest was being addressed, the PMO said.

Several people who gave their opinion seemed satisfied with the quick action taken by the authorities interested in their problems registered on the portal, according to the announcement.

Posted on Dawn, October 12, 2019