RAWALPINDI
\nAwami Muslim League (AML) President Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Friday clarified that the proposed fight as suggested by former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan was not against the military, the establishment or the bureaucracy.
\nAddressing the media outside Lal Haveli in Rawalpindi on Friday, Ahmed said that they were fighting against a democracy which ousted Imran Khan from power over two votes in the darkness of the night.
\nReturning to Lal Haveli after spending 15 days in jail, Awami Muslim League (AML) President Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Friday warned the police to return items seized from his home by Sunday evening or else he will lodge a case of theft against them.
\nHe also took a swipe at the government, including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice President and Chief Organizer Maryam Nawaz.
\nAhmed said that Shehbaz had gone to Turkiye to provide the earthquake affectees with tents. But these were not new tents, Ahmed claimed, adding that Shehbaz was only returning the tents that had arrived from Turkiye in the aftermath of the floods and calling it Pakistan\u2019s contribution.
\nOn Maryam Nawaz, he referred to her statement where she had all but disowned the incumbent government and its actions. \u201cNo one buys your narrative even in your family,\u201d he stated.
\nTaking aim at Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Ahmed called him \u2018Dracula\u2019, stating that when he returned to the country, he had promised to bring the price of the US dollar to Rs200. \u201cYou couldn\u2019t do that no matter what,\u201d Ahmed said.
\nThe AML president again targeted Zardari and Bilawal, accusing them of being the most corrupt and of being thieves. \u201cThe biggest political thief is called Zardari,\u201d he said, adding that Bilawal (referred to as Billorani) was not returning to Pakistan because he knew Ahmed was waiting for him there.
\nOn the allegations that Zardari had hired assassins, due to which Ahmed spent 15 days in jail, the AML chief said that he was told this by Imran Khan. He lamented that nothing happened to Imran Khan, but he was apprehended.
\nHe also accused the coalition government of amassing ministers, advisors and special assistants, with the federal cabinet swelling to 88 members who have been imposed on the nation. \u201cThe flag you are all waving, don\u2019t forget there is a stick on which it is mounted,\u201d he warned crypticly.
\nLamenting inflation he said that no one had imagined that staples such as oil, flour and sugar would cost what it does today. \u201cToday, people are hanging themselves in jail.\u201d
\nReiterating that he has complete ownership of Lal Haveli, Ahmed said that all those parts of the property which were encroachced upon were retreived and were dedicated for education of girls.
\nIn one of his famous predictions (which have never really come true), Ahmed foresaw civil war in April. \u201cThe country is heading towards famine, people will start looting shops,\u201d he said, asking rhetorically, \u201cWho will look at Shehabaz Sharif\u2019s hat now?\u201d
\nIf you will wait for elections, shops will be looted, throats will be slit and the entire country will become one big jail, he said. Ahmed conceded having held meetings with \u201cimportant people,\u201d adding that he told them that he would back Imran Khan as long as he remains at war with the corrupt and thieves.
\nOn his case and arrest, Ahmed said that if he issues directions, his followers would swarm and capture the jail. On the subject of poor economy, he said that the reason for the USSR\u2019s disintegration was that its economy fell apart.
\n\u201cWe have just $3 billion left in our reserves,\u201d he lamented, adding that some 10,000 containers are stuck at the ports. \u201cThe poor can\u2019t find work,\u201d he said. Claiming to have learnt from reliable sources, Ahmed claimed that the government wants to hold polls in the center and the provinces at the same time.
\n \u201cThey can\u2019t compete with Imran Khan in the polls and want to put him behind bars, and disqualify him,\u201d he said. The army, establishment and all stakeholders need to come together and ensure elections take place.
\nHe warned that despite resuming the extended fund facility program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) the sword of default remains dangling over the national economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
RAWALPINDI Awami Muslim League (AML) President Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Friday clarified that the proposed fight as suggested by former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan was not against the military, the establishment or the bureaucracy. Addressing the media outside Lal Haveli in Rawalpindi on Friday, Ahmed said that they were fighting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-314340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n