Always advised PTI chief to maintain good relations with army: Sheikh Rashid
Pakistan
Always advised PTI chief to maintain good relations with army: Sheikh Rashid
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) - Awami Muslim League (AML) leader and former interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Friday that he always instructed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief to keep stable relations with the army.
While responding to a question on May 9 incident, the former minister said he has always denounced the attacks against state institutions, adding that he was out of the country at that time.
In response to a query about his withdrawal from politics after May 9, the former minister said that he went on a ‘chilla’ (a 40-day spiritual retreat).
Rashid said that he attended the National Security Committee (NSC) meeting on cypher while also claimed that three persons were talking with the army on behalf of the PTI chairman.
However, later PTI chief stopped them from negotiating. “And those three men have now created their own political parties,” he said.
He continued, nevertheless, by saying that the events of May 9 involved non-political individuals in a significant way.
The former minister expressed his pride in identifying as a ‘spokesperson’ for the armed forces.
