RAWALPINDI
Awami Muslim League chief and former interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said on Wednesday that unholy alliance of 13 parties will be at daggers drawn soon. Their ill-assorted group would dismember shortly and differences among parties will be out in public.
In a message on the social networking site Twitter, Mr Rashid said that the countdown would begin from 20th and result will be out by 12th August. Public would come to know by August 10 that elections would be held in 60 or 90 days, he said. The AML head said what happened with Punjab elections could not happen with National Assembly polls.
He said everyone was giving his own date, but Supreme Court would give stunning decisions in this regard and the election will essentially be held. He said the Election Commission was busy in making preparations for elections.
The former interior minister said Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification could only be revoked through a constitutional amendment. Sharif started his self-accountability from the National Assembly and addressed the lower house. He said the Supreme Court asked him (Sharif) to establish a JIT, he complied with the orders. The former federal minister said that the JIT and the Supreme Court extended full opportunity to Sharif for defending himself.
The five-member bench pronounced the verdict and Qatari letter could not rescue him. He was disqualified for life, Mr Rashid said. The AML chief said Sharif went to Saudi Arabia after tendering a written apology. Using a 50-rupee stamp paper, he departed for London on pretext of his illness.
The head of Awami Muslim League said, “His (Sharif’s) brother is the sitting prime minister of Pakistan, he himself has a diplomatic passport. So what fear prevents him from returning to Pakistan?” Sharif’s homecoming did not matter now in politics of Pakistan. “It’s too late for him to return,” he said.
He said those who were considering themselves all-powerful would get a shock soon. Bilawal’s dreams and wishes dashed to ground, Mr Rashid said and added, Shehbaz Sharif wanted to use powers of the caretaker prime minister himself.
He said they should forget the level playing field, it was a thing of remote past. The aspirations of 240 million people could not be ignored. The former interior minister said the incumbent government was a guest actor now.
He said a caretaker setup would be in place in August. The people would decide the future of their country in Pakistan and not in Dubai or London. Mr Rashid said so many people were seeking positions in caretaker setup with their CVs in their hands. “Let’s see who’s is chosen in this draw,” he said.
