Pakistan Maulana Fazlur Rehman Convoy Attacked: The convoy of Maulana Fazlur Rehman, head of Pakistan’s political organization Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F), was attacked in Dera Ismail Khan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday (31 December). Happened. According to Geo News report, the convoy of JUI-F Chief was fired upon from multiple sides at Yarik Interchange. This was confirmed by party spokesperson Mufti Abrar.
JUI-F chief Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman was passing through Dera Ismail Khan with his convoy. After this his convoy was attacked. After this attack, the officials present under the security of Fazal-ur-Rehman said that their chief is safe. He has not suffered any kind of injury. He said that at the time of the attack, Maulana’s car had stopped to fill oil near Yarik Interchange.
Fazlur Rehman had raised questions
According to the report of Geo News, JUI-F chief Fazal-ur-Rehman had many times expressed concern about his safety. On several occasions, he has expressed doubts over the holding of voting due to the security situation in some parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. While addressing a press conference in Islamabad on December 5 itself, Fazal-ur-Rehman had expressed surprise over security concerns. He had said that there is no police in Dera Ismail Khan, Tank and Lakki Marwat. Can elections be held in this situation?
Earlier this week, Fazal had warned that if party workers were attacked during the election campaign, he would hold Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faiz Isa and Chief Election Commissioner (CIC) Sikandar Sultan Raja responsible.
JUI-F convoy attacked earlier also
Senior JUI-F leader Hafiz Hamdullah was injured in a blast in Balochistan’s Mastung area in September, in which 10 others were injured. In July, at least 40 JUI-F workers were killed in a suicide blast targeting the party’s workers conference in Khar, Bajaur. Pakistan has seen a worrying increase in terrorist incidents in the past year, reaching the highest level since 2014.