Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has declined a meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz, saying he didn't want to get involved in 'not-so-secret tug of control' between groups led by Maryam and her uncle Shehbaz Sharif.
The claim was made by HUM News anchor Abdul Malick, who said the source of this information was the people present in a recent meeting between Fazl and Shehbaz. According to Malik, Fazl made the abovementioned remarks when Shehbaz was not present in the room.
However, the JUI-F chief refuted these claims by Malick. He said Maryam Nawaz never 'formally invited' him for a meeting nor has he said 'no to any such invite'. He said he never talked to Malick about this or any other issue.
Responding to the tweets by Fazl, Malick said: "Maulana sb just tweeted he didn’t get a formal invite from Maryam Nawaz; didn’t talk to me; didn’t exactly say no to Maryam...I didn’t claim there was a ‘formal’ request or that maulana sb had told me...what I said was that Maryam asked him to call on her. And he didn't deny that."
Breaking news: Maryam nawaz asked Maulana Fazlur rehman to call on her at jaati Umra & Maulana refused saying didn’t want to get involved in the not-so-secret tug of control between her and the other branch of sharif family.Beans spilled by none other than Maulan himself
— Mohammad Malick (@MalickViews) August 27, 2020
The claim was made by HUM News anchor Abdul Malick, who said the source of this information was the people present in a recent meeting between Fazl and Shehbaz. According to Malik, Fazl made the abovementioned remarks when Shehbaz was not present in the room.
However, the JUI-F chief refuted these claims by Malick. He said Maryam Nawaz never 'formally invited' him for a meeting nor has he said 'no to any such invite'. He said he never talked to Malick about this or any other issue.
مریم نواز کی طرف سے نہ توکوئی باضابطہ دعوت آئی نہ میں نے انکار کیا نہ ہی مذکورہ صحافی سےمیری کوئی ملاقات یاگفتگو ہوئی۔
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— Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman (@MoulanaOfficial) August 27, 2020
Responding to the tweets by Fazl, Malick said: "Maulana sb just tweeted he didn’t get a formal invite from Maryam Nawaz; didn’t talk to me; didn’t exactly say no to Maryam...I didn’t claim there was a ‘formal’ request or that maulana sb had told me...what I said was that Maryam asked him to call on her. And he didn't deny that."