Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that the incumbent “incompetent” government should be held responsible for economic and political woes and none else. In his message on the social networking site Twitter, the former interior minister said that these days there are no press conferences but pressure conferences, a possible reference to Shireen Mazari and Fayyaz Chohan who quit the PTI the other day. He said spending two or three months in jail does not mean end. Release from prison is like a written statement of quitting politics, he added.

Rashid said rupee has fallen into abyss. It is not clear where it will stop. The economic crisis has been transformed into a political crisis under a conspiracy to present a sham budget. The former minister lamented that if the judiciary is overwhelmed and helpless, only Allah will save the country. He said that the whole nation condemns the incidents of May 9 and has no sympathy with the perpetrators. But the sanctity of chadar aur char deewari should be held supreme and respect for women is necessary, he continued.

The former interior minister opined that the playing field has been “levelled.” If not, it will be done by June 15. Now the selections should be over and the elections should be held. He said he was sentenced to seven years in jail in a fabricated case of possessing a Kalashnikov. Later, he remained in prison in a murder and finality of prophethood cases. “Now I am ready to go to prison again. But, until I am arrested, I will continue tweeting daily.”

Credit: Independent News Pakistan-INP