Pakistan, Oct. 21 -- Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has rejected the government's justification for imposing governor's rule or declaring an emergency in KP, alleging that the proposed measures are aimed at gaining control over the province's mineral resources.

Addressing a press conference after a meeting of the party's Central Majlis-e-Shura, Fazlur Rehman called for an in-camera session of Parliament to brief lawmakers on the prevailing situation. He also announced that JUI-F would not nominate any member to the proposed interim council in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

He alleged that the use of force was being carried out at the behest of powerful quarters and maintained that the constitutional requirements had ...