ISLAMABAD, Mar 22 (EW): Commenting on the crackdown launched on the PTI workers, Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid on Tuesday observed that the incumbent government was bent upon “eliminating” Imran Khan and his party from politics but noted that they would not succeed in doing so.
Addressing the media, Rashid called upon the relevant quarters to respect public opinion. He said the country was going through the worst economic crisis and the people only demanded fair elections.
“It is possible that they want to ban the PTI. Arresting Imran Khan is not an issue but they want to kill him,” he said.
The AML chief noted that the government neither had candidates nor polling agents, adding that the incumbent regime was not even prepared for the polls.
He vowed to support the PTI chief saying, only Imran was ready for elections.
Rashid further said that last night unidentified people left two of his phones at his residence while three mobiles were still in their custody.
Last month, the Islamabad High Court granted bail to the AML chief in a case pertaining to his allegations against PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari for plotting to assassinate the PTI chief.
He also appeared in the court while submitting a plea seeking registration of a case against the Aabpara police station officials for not returning his belongings, including mobile phones, confiscated at the time of his arrest.
