Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) of Maulana Fazlur Rehman boycotted the presidential election advised its members of the electoral college not to cast their votes on Saturday.
According to the 24News HD TV channel, the JUI had also not participated in the elections of Prime Ministership, Speakership and Deputy Speakership and now, it has announced a boycott of the presidential election too.
JUI members from Senate, National Assembly, Balochistan Assembly, and Kyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly will remain absent to avoid be a part of the polling process of presidentail election today.
JUI chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that they will not engage in any electoral process until they get their mandate.
Reporter: Usman Khan