ISLAMABAD – Sparking a new controversy days after the settlement of the Islamabad sit-in, Tehreek-e-Labaik Ya Rasoolallah chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi revealed Pakistan Army made former law minister Zahid Hamid resign.
Rizvi talking to a private news channel said that the civilian government did not play any role to resolve the rift, adding that his party had only held talks with officers of Pakistan Army and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) who had asked him about his desire.
The TLY chief cleric said that he asked the army officials to bring the resignation of the Law Minister Zahid Hamid before starting negotiations. He added that the army assured him that it will come for talks only after they make Hamid resign.
He further disclosed that the army officials had taken the signature of Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on the agreement.
The revelations follow the observation of Islamabad High Court’s Justice Shaukat Aziz who expressed dismay over the role of the army in the agreement.
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On November 27, Rizvi formally announced calling off the Faizabad sit-in after 22 days following an agreement with the government.
The sit-in that was staged as a protest against the amendment in the Khatam e Nabuuwat clause in the recently passed Election Act 2017 came to an end hours after the Pakistani government and Tehreek-e-Labbaik struck a deal – brokered by the Army – putting an end to the escalating wave of tension across the country.
While the PML-N government appears to have given in to all the demands by the protesting side after certain assurance of not resorting to violence, the truce pact also makes the religio-political party bound to refrain from issuing any fatwa (decree) against Law Minister Zahid Hamid – the man blamed to have introduced the controversial ‘Khattam-Nabuwwat amendment’ in the Election Reforms Bill.
