Multan:  Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F)  Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday said that they did not compromise on their stance about the recently held general elections, saying that calling it an election is wrong because massive rigging was done this time.

“We don’t have personal enmity with the PTI,” said Maulana Fazlur Rehman while addressing a press conference in Multan.

The JUI-F demanded re-election in the country and made it clear that the establishment should stay away from it. 

The JUI-F chief said that the current government could not perform well in the given situation. He believed that the majority was not in the power.

“The PML-N is ruling the country while the PPP is not part of the government,” he stated.

“His name had never been anywhere since the beginning,” said Maulana Fazl while responding to a question about the properties leaks. He said he first time appeared before the court in Tank in his political career.

He stated that there is a need to end this thing whether they cannot run any movement without permission of the establishment or not.

“We need to end this mindset whether we cannot run any movement without the establishment; whether we cannot contest any election without their role. If the national does not take any stand for their right to vote then we will go more to the slavery,” he said.

“A public department becomes our ruler then how can we accept it. We as the party have held three gatherings. You will see a strong reaction from the public on June 1,” said Maulana Fazl.

He said that there is no government at this time.

To another question that the JUI-F chief always played the role of reconciliation and whether it would be again in the coming days, he said that they have no other option but to remain consistent with their own stance when their own have left them.

“It is court verdict and nothing else, because I am not petitioner in it,” he said while responding to a question about Imran Khan’s bail in 190 million pounds.

He regretted over what happened with the farmers, saying that all those who were responsible must be held accountable.

Lahore: Punjab Finance Secretary Mujahid Sherdil officially launched the registration of ‘facilitators’ as part of the “Maryam Ki Dastak”, an initiative of the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) on the direction of the Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz.

The initiative aims at providing a range of public services directly at citizens' doorsteps.

The registration of facilitators via a mobile app was launched during the ceremony held at Arfa Software Technology Park (ASTP).

PITB Chairman Faisal Yousaf, Director Generals Sajid Latif, Waqar Naeem Qureshi, Saima Shaikh, Chief Technology Officer Adil Iqbal Khan and other senior officials were present on the occasion.

The Maryam Ki Dastak initiative aims at ensuring that all citizens, specially people with disabilities, women, and the elderly, can access government services from the comfort of their homes.

Services include obtaining Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Domicile, and others.

Service provision will be carried out through trained staff or 'facilitators' who will act as a bridge between the citizens and the relevant government departments.

‘Maryam Ki Dastak’ will enable the facilitators to ensure end to end delivery of the service at citizens' doorsteps. This includes filling out forms, processing payments through PSID, and ensuring the timely delivery of documents.

Anyone interested in becoming a Dastak facilitator can register via the ‘Dastak Facilitator Mobile App’. To qualify, applicants must be over 18 years of age, have at least an intermediate level of education, possess a Police Character Certificate, have no criminal record, own a bank account, hold a driving license, have access to a motorbike, and possess a mobile phone or tablet with internet data.

In his remarks, Finance Secretary Mujahid Sherdil said that the initiative will rid citizens of the multiple visits to government offices and save their time.

Chairman Faisal Yousaf remarked, “Facilitators will be selected after thorough screening. The shortlisted facilitators will be trained by PITB to process service requests at citizens’ doorsteps effectively and efficiently. Only those candidates who score at least 70% in the screening process will be considered for registration as facilitators.”

Citizens can book services at their preferred time, date, and location through the Dastak Mobile App, Web Portal, or by calling the helpline 1202. A facilitator will then be dispatched to their location.

The services will commence in Lahore within three to four weeks of the facilitators registration phase. Following the pilot phase's success, the service will expand to all districts of Punjab. Maryam Ki Dastak is poised to transform public service delivery in Punjab, making it more accessible, efficient, and convenient for all citizens.

Islamabad: Taking a jibe at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), PPP Chairman and former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday said that the party leaders on the one hand lectured on the importance of upholding the Constitution but on the other invited “interference” from the same people.

Speaking on the floor of the Lower House, the PPP stalwart said that while upholding the Constitution they [the PTI] didn’t talk with politicians. “They talk one thing but their politics is different.”

According to them, they [the PTI leaders] were fighting for the supremacy of the Constitution, the rule of law and haqeeqi azadi, [but] they only want to talk with our armies, he maintained.

He made it clear that only dialogue could solve the country’s problems, inviting the opposition to shun the politics of hue and cry and sit with the treasury.