RAWALPINDI – Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid makes new claimsover the extension in Army chief’s tenure.
Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has on Wednesday said theincumbent government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) possesses therequired simple majority for extension in army chief’s tenure.
The minister addressed a press conference in Rawalpindi and maintained thatif former prime minister Nawaz Sharif can go abroad being a culprit, thenerstwhile president Asif Ali Zardari can also travel to foreign countrybeing an accused.
Sheikh Rashid said PTI government has reduced deficits and Moody’s, aninternational business and financial services company, has issued apositive report regarding Pakistan’s economy as well.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) president has also verified that Pakistanis going in the right direction, the railways minister commented.
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He said Kashmir issue has been sidelined owing to local politics andreiterated that Kashmir is Pakistan’s jugular vein. We should focus onKashmir as it has been under military curfew for over 100 days, he added.
Talking about Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) President MaulanaFazal-ur-Rehman, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed remarked that Maulana talked aboutDecember which will come after four years.
