PESHAWAR: JUI-F Khyber Pakhtunkhwa staged province-wide protest rallies against the media trial of its leadership, operation in the garb of anti-encroachment drive and for protection of the mineral resources on Sunday.
The call of the protest was given by the Provincial Ameer JUI-F, Maulana Atta ur Rehaman.
Addressing the demonstrations, provincial and district leaders said mineral resources are the rightful property of the people of the province and the provincial government. They demanded that instead of secret agreements, the nation should be informed of facts in a transparent manner.
They said JUI would not step back from its mission through cheap tactics like media trial of its leaders and arrest of workers.
The speakers said JUI has opposed Governor’s Rule from 1970 to 2026, calling it undemocratic and authoritarian. They said JUI is being punished for standing with the state and parliament, and for supporting state institutions for the survival and peace of the country. They said more than 250 Ulema and JUI workers have been martyred, and leaders have faced suicide attacks.
They alleged that instead of answering the questions of the JUI chief, rulers resorted to unethical methods, carried out media trial of JUI, sent notices to leaders and workers through subordinate institutions, and arrested office-bearers and workers in terrorism cases.
They said the first priority of Governor’s Rule was to end terrorism and lawlessness, but the government changed its priorities and started an anti-encroachment operation, snatching the source of halal livelihood from poor people.
They said shops, masajids and plazas were demolished without notice in the name of encroachments.
They said during Governor’s Rule, police officers were martyred in terrorism incidents in Karak, Kohat and Swabi, while the Governor and government advisors were busy in character assassination of politicians instead of ending lawlessness.
In Peshawar, a big protest rally was taken out from Mufti Mahmood Markaz under the leadership of provincial General Secretary Maulana Atta-ul-Haq Darvesh and other provincial and district leaders, which ended at Dilzak Chowk.
Addressing the rally, Senator Maulana Atta-ul-Haq Darvesh, Abdul Jalil Jan, Maulana Amanullah Haqqani, Maulana Maskeen Shah, Maulana Ahmad Ali, Zubair Ali, Ijaz Khan MPA, Abdul Haseeb Haqqani, Inam Wali Zai, Maulana Hussain Madni, Siddique Paracha, Maulana Rafiullah Qasmi, Maulana Ashraf Ali, Haroon Sifat and Kaleemullah said JUI is a centuries-old party and not a product of any accident.
They said colonial powers could not divert its elders from their mission through different tactics, and the present rulers also used cheap tactics against JUI, but the conscious nation of Pakistan rejected the propaganda of purchased channels through AI and fake videos.
They said the real aim of Governor’s Rule was not peace, but actions against madaris and mosques have exposed their intentions.
A large number of volunteers of Jamiat Lawyers Forum, Jamiat Teachers Forum, Jamiat Talba-e-Islam, Jamiat Business Forum, Jamiat Naujawanan and Ansar-ul-Islam were present on the occasion.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026