LAHORE: Former Interior Minister and Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed has asserted that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has no ‘interest’ in appointment of army chief.
Talking to journalists at Lahore’s Zaman Park, the former federal minister said that Imran Khan has no ‘interest’ in the appointment of army chief as he just wants selection to be made on merit.
Media Talk after meeting Imran khan at Zaman park Lahore #onestreamlive https://t.co/r2FDbF6N2n
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) November 20, 2022
Sheikh Rasheed noted that doctors had advised the former premier not to travel, claiming that there was still a threat to the PTI chief’s life. “Efforts will be made to arrange Imran Khan’s address before the evening,” he added.
سابق وفاقی وزیر داخلہ شیخ رشید احمد عمران خان سے زمان پارک میں ملاقات کرتے ہوئے pic.twitter.com/EYkU2LcoZ4
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) November 20, 2022
Speaking of the PTI’s long march, Rashid said people would march on Islamabad in the daylight. “We have only one demand, free and fair elections,” he added.
The AML chief further said that if PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif wants to return to Pakistan, he has a diplomatic passport. “A politician never closes the door of negotiations”, he added.
Earlier in a tweet, Awami Muslim League (AML) Chief Sheikh Rashid on Sunday said that the government is stuck in a political, economic and deployment crisis.
In a statement on Twitter, Mr Sheikh stated that the countdown has begun for the government, and this week is decisive.
حکومت سیاسی معاشی اقتصادی اورتعیناتی بحران میں پھنسی ہوئی ہے الٹی گنتی شروع ہوگئی ہے یہ ہفتہ فیصلہ کُن ہےیہ زمینی حقائق سےبےخبراورفضامیں معلق ہےنہ ہاتھ آسمان پر نہ پاؤں زمین پرلگ رہے ہیں گوٹی پھنس گئی ہےجی کاجاناٹھہرگیاہےعمران خان کا26نومبرکوکمیٹی چوک میں تاریخی استقبال کریں گے
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) November 20, 2022
Further explaining the perplexed situation of the incumbent government, he added that, “It’s unaware of earthly realities and is suspended in the air, neither its hands touching the sky nor its feet touching the earth.”
According to the AML Chief the rulers are in denial of the reality that things are getting out of their control and the government is stuck in a chaotic situation.
Imran Khan will be given a historic welcome at Committee Chowk on November 26, he said.
