Rawalpindi DC turns down Sheikh Rashid's request for public rally
Pakistan
District administration cites law and order situation for denial
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Rawalpindi deputy commissioner on Thursday rejected All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed‘s request of seeking permission to hold public rally in Lal Haveli, Rawalpindi.
It must be noted that former federal minister had requested the district administration for organising a rally in Lal Haveli on Aug 13.
The district administration turned down Ahmed’s request citing law and order situation of the garrison city.
Sheikh Rashid's response
Responding to district administration’s outright rejection, the former minister issued a video statement in which he said he would announce a rally when he would be allowed, adding that he never wanted any affront with anyone.
“I can’t see the miseries of poor workers. I am the only politician who went to children jail where I used to teach third and fourth grade students,” he claimed.
He deplored that he was sent to an unknown location for forty days and meted out unkind treatment, adding that he didn’t give statement against anyone’s wife and did a press conference following my own will.
