{"id":19861,"date":"2026-04-07T04:10:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T04:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=19861"},"modified":"2026-04-07T04:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T04:10:54","slug":"maulana-fazl-ur-rehman-criticizes-closure-of-crossings-with-afghanistan-calls-pakistani-government-illegitimate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/04\/07\/maulana-fazl-ur-rehman-criticizes-closure-of-crossings-with-afghanistan-calls-pakistani-government-illegitimate\/","title":{"rendered":"Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman criticizes closure of crossings with Afghanistan; calls Pakistani government \u201cillegitimate\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, leader of Pakistan\u2019s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, has strongly condemned the continued closure of border crossings between Pakistan and Afghanistan, and India.<br>The News (Pakistan) reported Tuesday morning that at a press conference, Fazl-ur-Rehman said the prolonged shutdown of these crossings has constrained Pakistan\u2019s trade and international connectivity. He said, \u201cWe have no personal enmity with anyone, but we consider this government illegitimate,\u201d criticizing both the government and those supporting it.<br>The religious leader warned that while Pakistan\u2019s borders with Afghanistan and India remain closed, Pakistan\u2019s neighbors are using alternative routes to reach global markets. He also announced his party\u2019s next steps: a \u201clarge public gathering\u201d to be held in the Mardan area in five days (April 12) to lead nationwide protests against the government\u2019s policies.<br>Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam is a major political party in Pakistan with a prominent role in the country\u2019s politics and parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, leader of Pakistan\u2019s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, has strongly condemned the continued closure of border crossings between Pakistan and Afghanistan, and India.The News (Pakistan) reported Tuesday morning that at a press conference, Fazl-ur-Rehman said the prolonged shutdown of these crossings has constrained Pakistan\u2019s trade and international connectivity. He said, \u201cWe have no personal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19863,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19861\/revisions\/19863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}