Sheikh Rashid calls for burying politics of 'lies and hypocrisy'

Says PM making marathon inaugurations while poor reeling under inflation

RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Saturday said Pakistan would see prosperity if people took courageous decision in elections to eliminate the “politics of lies and hypocrisy”.

Taking to Twitter, the former interior minister paid tribute to the martyr of Karbala as Ashura, the tenth of Muharram, is being observed today (July 29), saying they sacrificed their lives but did not bow before the tyrants.

He said sacrifices were rendered by those who are pure in their heart as selfish people used to surrender in no time. Hitting out at the government, he said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was making marathon inauguration despite the fact that people were running out of money to buy basic commodities and pay school fees for children.

Mr Ahmed said the government could not make the public fool by inaugurating the projects as the current rulers were left with few days in power. He said electricity prices were being increased by those who avail it free of cost.

He lamented that poor people were thrown behind the bars while influential run their business and politics from jail, adding that only those who held the resources could make it to the assemblies in the country.

— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) July 29, 2023

Public was missing in the politics of the country as it was under the control of exploitative powers, the AML chief said and slammed the government for approval of legislation bill in haste. He said the announcement for the caretaker setup would make it clear if elections would be held or not.

He said this election would not bring a significant change as all cases of corruption and money laundering had been removed against the members of the government.