Issue of president's tweet getting out of proportion, says Rashid

Rashid said that after President Alvi's tweet, caretaker law minister and the ministry were in a fix

RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Awami Muslim League chief and former interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed says President Arif Alvi’s tweet has stirred up commotion in the country. 

In a message on the social networking website X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday, he wrote that after President Alvi's tweet, the caretaker law minister and the law ministry were in a fix. Instead of resolving the issue, it was getting out of proportion, he added.

صدر عارف علوی نے اپنے ٹویٹر اکاؤنٹ سے ٹویٹ کر کے بھونچال لے آئے ہیں نہ نگران لاء منسٹر کو نہ لاء منسٹری کو سمجھ آرہی ہے کہ وہ کیا کریں مسئلہ سلجھنے کی بجائے الجھ رہا ہے آئندہ 3 ہفتوں میں سپریم کورٹ اہم فیصلے کرے گی جس میں مردم شماری سے لے کر نیب توشہ خانہ اور اب سیکرٹ ایکٹ بھی…

— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) August 22, 2023

Rashid said that in the next three weeks, the Supreme Court would announce important decisions - from the population census to the NAB’s Toshakhana - and now the Official Secrets Act would also be included.  

For the last three days, there is nothing but president’s tweet on the media of the world and Pakistan, he continued. 

The former interior minister said people were worried about inflation that had been injected in the last 16 months. The political and economic situation was becoming very serious and the dollar was appreciating against the rupee. Owing to the closure of factories, the poor workers had become jobless, he said. 

The AML head said that state was made of the masses; if the people were prosperous and peaceful, the state would be stable and prosperous.