ISLAMABAD: Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid said on Sunday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s Haqeeqi Azadi long march has been halted temporarily and is not over yet.
The former interior minister and the PTI’s close ally made the comment in a
tweet adding that it has been three days since the assassination attempt on
the PTI chief and a first information report (FIR) is yet to be registered.
He also maintained that there has been “no drop in the political
temperature”.
“Judges are highly respected but not investigative. Incompetent unpopular
government has failed completely,” he added.
Referring to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority’s (PEMRA)
recent ban on Imran’s live speeches and press conferences, which was lifted
after hours by the federal government, Rashid said that the PEMRA’s “failed
censorship is a conspiracy against the media”.
The deposed prime minister had suffered a bullet wound to his leg on
November 3 after a gunman opened fire on his container as Imran was leading
the PTI’s “Haqeeqi Azadi March”. One person had died in the incident, while
several members of the PTI chairman’s close circle, including Senator Faisal
Javed, former Sindh governor Imran Ismail, Ahmad Chattha and Imran Yousaf,
were injured.
