Rawalpindi: Awami Muslim League chief and former federal interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Monday that countdown for the government will begin on April 27. Rashid wrote on the social media website Twitter that the nation is being befooled in the name of negotiations. He called the negotiations a ‘sham’. Judiciary will open all roads. The government refuses to accept the decision of the judiciary, which tantamount to revolt against the constitution and the law, he added.
The former minister said the government has resorted to flouting the decisions of courts. Judiciary has to protect and implement its decisions, he continued. Rashid said when the government does not respect the court decisions, civil war and chaos descend on society.
He wrote that Fazlur Rahman wants to pack the democratic system up because he himself is not a part of it. It’s none of Supreme Court’s business if someone boycotts or runs away from elections. It is up to the government whether to be ousted through judiciary or face annihilation through elections, quipped Rashid.
The former minister said they cannot contest election because they cannot face masses. The government will be sent packing if it failed to release Rs21 billion [for holding elections]. Rashid wrote that the government wants to humiliate the judiciary, but disgrace is the destiny of the rulers. Come what may, the judiciary will win and the constitution and law will prevail, he concluded.