The chief of Awami Muslim League (AML) Sheikh Rashid on Monday said 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 that one would have to see what petrol and power [prices] were going to produce next month.
The time had come to get rid of the economic slavery, Rashid noted that the middle class man had virtually died, adding that both the president and the prime minister were on Twitter – the former brand name of X. He said former finance minister Ishaq Dar too had reached London after pushing the country and the poor towards destruction for being true to his [Dar’s] 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.
Rashid 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. He 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.
He said former finance minister Ishaq Dar too had reached London after pushing the country and the poor towards destruction for being true to his [Dar’s] 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.
Rashid 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.—INP
