RAWALPINDI
\nThe chief of Awami Muslim League (AML) \u2013 Sheikh Rashid \u2013 said on Monday the state had been sunk, not saved, as the people were the state, who had taken to the streets for their survival.
\nDoubling the electricity bill was economic suicide, he said in a statement posted on microblogging website X, adding that one would have to see what petrol and power [prices] were going to produce next month.
\nThe time had come to get rid of the economic slavery, Rashid said. He said the middle class had virtually died, adding that both the president and the prime minister were on Twitter \u2013 the former brand name of X.
\nHe said former finance minister Ishaq Dar too had reached London after pushing the country and the poor towards destruction. He was proving true to his [Dar\u2019s] colours. All the relatives rushed to their last refuge but were not in a position to come out of their homes even there, the former interior minister remarked.
\nRashid said all the political parties, except the PML-N, were calling for elections within 90 days. They would part ways with the PML-N which would have to take responsibility for all the mess.
\nHe questioned what the members of the 13-party ruling alliance were thinking at the time of inking the agreement with the IMF. The PPP signed the census results and then also took stance on the issue of holding elections within 90 days, Rashid mentioned.
\nThose who distributed sweets after the IMF deal were hiding in London, the AML chief quipped. He said the poor won\u2019t benefit from not using the AC in the caretaker prime minister\u2019s room and added that the interim setup had nothing do with the inflation and higher electricity tariff as it was a product of the 13-member coalition government that ruled for 16 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
RAWALPINDI The chief of Awami Muslim League (AML) \u2013 Sheikh Rashid \u2013 said on Monday the state had been sunk, not saved, as the people were the state, who had taken to the streets for their survival. Doubling the electricity bill was economic suicide, he said in a statement posted on microblogging website X, adding […]<\/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-352237","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n