Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has criticised the manner in which Sharia is being implemented in Swat. 'The process of enforcing Sharia in Swat is incorrect. It must be implemented on the basis of recommendations of the Council of Islamic Ideology,' he said at a press conference at the end of a two-day meeting of the party's central executive committee here on Monday.

He said that whatever Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-i-Muhammadi chief Sufi Mohammad had been saying about the Constitution, democracy and Islamic ideology were his personal views and did not represent those of others belonging to his school of thought. Maulana Fazl said that had the democratic institutions made necessary Islamic legislations, there would have been no complaints and problems today.

He said the JUI had formed a committee to review resolutions adopted by the National Assembly for implementing Sharia in 1994, 1999 and 2009.
He blamed lawmakers' deviation from Islamic legislation for the unrest in the NWFP. Criticising some parties for approving the Nizam-i-Adl regulation, he said the same parties had opposed the Hisba Bill approved by the last JUI-led government in the NWFP, adding that the Supreme Court had also termed the bill 'non-feasible'.