Sheikh Rasheed: ‘fresh elections to be held under technocrat govt’

ISLAMABAD: Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed claimed on Sunday that the caretaker government would be made up of technocrats who would hold new elections, SIAL NEWS reported.

Sheikh Rasheed said in a statement: “Imran Khan will definitely come to Islamabad and will never let them go or back down from his stance.

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“The date of another long march was not specified in the meeting of the [Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf] central committee. Imran Khan would arrive in Islamabad in June.”

He predicted that new elections will be held under the technocratic government.

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Rasheed warned politicians of dire consequences if they fail to find a political solution. “It is everyone’s responsibility to get the country out of the crisis.”

He was of the opinion that the public reaction would be different if someone else is given the rule of the country instead of Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shahbaz.

A few days ago, the former Minister of the Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed expressed his hope that a positive outcome will emerge from the current situation following Imran Khan’s announcement to cancel his long march in Islamabad.

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Speaking to SIAL NEWS, Rasheed had said that Imran Khan had given six days to announce the election date and hopefully there would be no need for the second long march.

“At least five people have lost their lives across Pakistan due to police torture during a long march,” he said, expressing regret that people were tortured and their vehicles damaged. “I had said that this march could turn violent,” she recalled.

Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said he envisions a better solution, even if it is late. “If the situation improves, the credit will go to Imran Khan,” he said.