MARDAN: Jamiat Ulema-e Islam - F (JUI-F) leader Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman on Thursday alleged that international powers want to destabilize the country.

"International powers wan't to destablize Pakistan," Rehman stressed, adding that the country should take the path of national unity.

"It is high time that we work our way towards national unity because without unity, this nation won't make it through to the elections in 2018," Rehman warned during an address in Mardan.

He stated that [political parties] may disagree on strategic decisions but the quest of peace is a common wish.

Discussing the US policy for the region, Rehman remarked that the country is 'habitual of talking about negotiations' after it 'wages war on Muslims.'

"I fail to understand what is the US objection if we are standing with a law and our country," he said. "The only objection they [US] have is that we made their agenda unsuccessful." 

He also said that his party's participation in the upcoming general elections was being forcefully obstructed.