{"id":2341,"date":"2026-10-08T18:03:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2341"},"modified":"2026-10-08T18:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:03:45","slug":"govt-pti-turn-to-fazlur-rehman-to-resolve-political-deadlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2341","title":{"rendered":"Govt, PTI turn to Fazlur Rehman to resolve political deadlock"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Efforts are underway to involve Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman as a mediator to break the deadlock between the government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) amid the ongoing political crisis, sources said on Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the sources, both the government and the opposition have asked Fazlur Rehman to play a role in defusing political tensions after the PTI launched a long march on Islamabad to press for its demands.<\/p>\n<p>The government, meanwhile, has stepped up security around Islamabad and made it clear that protesters will not be allowed to enter the capital.<\/p>\n<p>Some government ministers have also threatened to impose either governor\u2019s rule or an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.<\/p>\n<p>Maulana Fazlur Rehman has laid down five conditions for mediation and told the two sides that he would first assess how serious they were about finding a solution, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>He has informed the government and opposition of his conditions, the sources said, adding that he would decide whether to mediate after reviewing their responses.<\/p>\n<p>The sources said that Maulana Fazlur Rehman would agree to play a role if the two sides reached an understanding on the basic issues.<\/p>\n<p>A meeting between the JUI-F chief and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is also possible if he gives a green signal for mediation, the sources added.<\/p>\n<p>Maulana Fazlur Rehman had earlier advised the government to resolve matters through dialogue and mutual understanding instead of imposing governor\u2019s rule or an emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Following that advice, the government asked him to play a role in the negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>According to the sources, a government delegation comprising Prime Minister\u2019s Adviser on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah, National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq and Tariq Fazal Chaudhry met Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Efforts are underway to involve Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman as a mediator to break the deadlock between the government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) amid the ongoing political crisis, sources said on Thursday. According to the sources, both the government and the opposition have asked Fazlur Rehman to play a role in defusing political tensions after the PTI launched a long march on Islamabad to press for its demands. The government, meanwhile, has stepped up security around Islamabad and made it clear that protesters will not be allowed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}