Pakistan
Sheikh Rashid offers return ticket to Nawaz Sharif
Nawaz Sharif will be issued visa in 24 hours, if he is willing to return to Pakistan
Karachi: Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid on Sunday offered to buy a return ticket for Nawaz Sharif from his own pocket if he is willing to return to Pakistan.
It is pertinent to mention here that the interior minister is on a seven-day visit to Sindh province.
Addressing a press conference in Karachi, Sheikh Rashid said that if Nawaz Sharif willing to return to Pakistan, then he will be issued visa in 24 hours. He also offered Nawaz Sharif to return ticket from his own pocket.
The minister rejected any talks with the MQM founder and said that no talks will be held with him as he is wanted in multiple cases of violence in the country. He, however, said that he enjoys a better relationship with MQM-P leadership.
Zardari, Sharif family are corrupt to their core
He lamented that Asif Zardari and the Sharif family are corrupt to their core and said that Imran Khan is a fighter and he would fight against this corrupt leadership until his last breath. “Imran Khan wanted to nab sugar and flour mafias enjoying subsidies, however, the latter have long roots in the system,” he added.
Imran Khan is not going anywhere
“Prime Minister Imran Khan currently enjoys a better working relationship with the establishment. Imran Khan is not going anywhere as local bodies elections in Punjab will be held until June, bringing an end to the four-year tenure of the incumbent government.”
To a question regarding PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif, Sheikh Rashid said that the people like Shehbaz Sharif who looted the country with both the hands and they never touch our collars.
Pakistani govt has indirect contacts with TTP
Sheikh Rashid said that the Pakistani government has indirect contacts with the TTP and Afghanistan government currently led by the Taliban had assured that their soil would not be used against Pakistan.
“The fencing work along the Pak-Afghan border is also ongoing to counter violent acts,” he said, adding that Pakistan wanted to address the woes of Afghan people and had invited global and Muslim leaders to highlight their humanitarian plights during the OIC moot.