Sheikh Rashid berates govt for thwarting Imran's election struggle
Pakistan
In a series of tweets on Monday, he wrote that the system of oppression cannot continue
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Awami Muslim League chief and former interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has questioned the ruling alliance (Pakistan Democratic Movement) with whom it would contest elections by disqualifying or removing [minus] Imran Khan.
In a series of tweets on Monday, he wrote that the system of oppression could not continue. The PML-N, which always violates sanctity of chaddar aur chaar deewari, would be buried. "Divine order will prevail sooner or later."
عمران خان کونااہل یامائنس کرناہےتوپھرPDMنےکس کےساتھ الیکشن لڑناہےظلم کانظام نہیں چل سکتاچادراورچاردیواری کوروندنےوالی ن لیگ دفن اورPDMکاکفن ہوگاخداکےہاں دیرہےاندھیر نہیں کرپٹ حکومت کو سپورٹ نہ دی جائےپہلے ہی غریب مررہاہےڈالربڑھ رہاہےاب داوئیوں کی قیمت میں مزید20فیصد اضافہ کردیاہے
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) May 22, 2023
Sheikh Rashid urged people not to support the "corrupt" government.
9مئی پرلوگ پشیمان ہیں سازش سےغلط تاثردیاجارہاہےکہ عوام اوراداروں میں دوری ہوچکی گلی محلےسےبےگناہ بچےاٹھائیں گےتوماؤں کی بدعا ئیں لگیں گی نفرت اوربیچینی میں اضافہ ہورہاہےجسےختم ہوناچاہیےغریب مٹی ملاآٹاکھارہاہےنوازشریف گھرسےباہر قدم نہیں رکھ سکتااس لیےپاکستانی اورسیزکو ڈرایاجارہاہے
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) May 22, 2023
He said the nation rued what happed on May 9. Innocent people were being arrested and their mothers cursing, he said. "Hatred and anxiety is growing but it must end."
He called the “wrong” impression that the gap between the masses and institution had widened a ploy.
He said Nawaz Sharif could not step out of his house, that's why overseas Pakistanis were being intimidated.
میری اورمیرےبھتیجےشیخ راشدشفیق کی گرفتاری کےلیےپولیس جگہ جگہ چھاپےماررہی ہےمیرےسٹاف کواٹھاکرلےگئےہیں جب تک پولیس گرفتارنہیں کرلیتی ٹوئٹرکےذریعےقوم سےرابطہ رکھوں گا صرف سپریم کورٹ سیاسی بحران سے نکال سکتی ہےIMFناکام بجٹ بحران معشیت تباہ دوست ملکوں سےکٹی یہ ہے حکومت کی کارکردگی
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) May 22, 2023
The AML leader said police were raiding places to arrest him and his nephew Sheikh Rashid Shafiq. "My staff has been whisked away. Until police arrest me, I will keep in touch with the nation through Twitter,” he added.
He noted government failures on economic front; standoff with the IMF, budget crisis, ruined economic and widening distance with friendly countries.
The former minister said the poor were dying. The rupee-dollar disparity was increasing and now the government had increased the price of medicines by 20 per cent. The poor man was forced to eat soiled flour, he deplored.
Mr Ahmed said the corrupt government should not be supported. Only the Supreme Court could pull the country out of the political crisis, he concluded.
