LARKANA: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has observed that the areas which are the largest sources of the country’s revenue are being discussed by non-political figures, who suggest handing them over to the federation. “When an important matter is raised by insignificant people, it carries no weight, which is why such proposals are not gaining traction; and even the parties currently in government have reservations about this proposal,” he said.
The JUI-F chief was addressing a press conference here on Monday after attending a joint meeting of his party’s Sindh executive council and its organising committees at Jamia Islamia, located along Dodai Road.
The meeting was chaired by Sindh JUI-F chief Maulana Abdul Qayoom Halejvi.
Maulana Fazl said that the idea of a division of provinces or creation of new provinces had surfaced in various forms in the past.
Says neither environment nor preparation currently exists for new provinces
“It’s clear from the circumstances themselves that neither the environment nor any preparation currently exists for such a move.” He added that intervening in a serious matter without the right environment or preparation would not be good for the country’s security.
He said that under the 18th Amendment, provinces were given powers, resources and a share in the NFC Award, which certain quarters had been unable to digest and now they wished to seize control of them in some way.
He reiterated his party’s stance that no institution should interfere in elections. He argued that democracy did not allow sudden revolutionary steps. Rather, he said, reforms were introduced gradually in a democratic framework.
He said that the country’s own politicians compromised with circumstances for the sake of power, and in doing so, they weakened democracy and gave opportunities to non-democratic forces and powerful institutions to tighten their grip on the entire system.
“If politicians stop making such compromises and if they unite on a single position, the country can move toward progress. Improvement is only possible through adherence to the Constitution and the established system,” he remarked.
The JUI-F chief observed that the prevailing unrest in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has made life difficult for the people there, who are unable to go outdoors, send their children to school or run their businesses. It’s a major challenge that perhaps no single force can resolve on its own,” he believed.
He said that whenever his party proposed an amendment to the Constitution, it had been in accordance with the constitutional legislative procedures. “But at present, no legislation is being carried out in accordance with the Constitution.
Published in Dawn, September 1st, 2026
