Establishment is with govt, says Sheikh Rashid

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Sunday said the establishment was with the government. It’s need of the hour that the government completed its tenure, he said.

Sheikh Rashid said this talking to media in Islamabad. He also warned Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto not to involve family of Prime Minister Imran Khan in politics. Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-N supremo Nawaz Sharif never had had good relations with any army chief, he said.

The interior minister said Nawaz Sharif was a production of GHQ’s gate No 4. Former ISI chief Hameed Gul had given ticket to Nawaz Sharif first to contest election, he added.

He said he had inside news that the government was not going anywhere. “I have this news that the thing that you are thinking is not going to happen. Imran Khan will reign supreme and you will remain staring at him,” he said adding that Imran Khan would play till the last ball.

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“Any untoward situation can be reported on the 0519206660 and 0519218594,” he said.

The minister said the command and control room would be operated round the clock to facilitate citizens. He also announced that no road would be closed during the whole situation.

He urged the Jamiat Ulema e Islam-F (JUI-F) rally participants not to take any step for the closure of Sri Nagar Highway, otherwise the government would take strict legal action following the directives of the country’s apex court.

Commenting on the overall political situation, he said PTI’s Amr bil Maroof rally would be historic public gathering. He expressed hope that PM Khan would defeat opposition’s any move against PTI’s government.

Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said opposition’s immature actions had reinforced Khan’s popularity graph.