Sheikh Rasheed wishes revival of good ties between Khan and 'establishment'

ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister and Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed has asserted that he wants revival of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s ties with the Establishment, ARY News reported.

Speaking on ARY News program ’11th Hour’, the former interior minister alleged that PPP co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has given money to a terrorist organisation to assassinate Imran Khan.

“Zardari wants Imran Khan to be disqualified,” Sheikh Rasheed said, adding that former president was behind a new plot to assassinate the PTI Chairman.

The AML chief further expressed hope that the date of general elections will be announced in March or April, adding that the elections of national and provincial assemblies will be held together.

The former minister added that Imran Khan will decide whether he would contest election or not. “Imran would come out in public after a few days and destroy the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM),” he said, vowing that he would always standy by the PTI chief.

Responding to a question, Sheikh Rasheed said that whoever came to demolish Lal Haveli will be dealt with constitutionally and legally.

Earlier in the day, Imran Khan alleged that former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari was among four people who were planning to kill him, ARY News reported on Friday.

Imran Khan accused Zardari of being involved in the assassination attempt, saying that the former president was among four people who were planning to kill him.

“Zardari has given Sindh government’s money to a terrorist organization to assassinate me,” the PTI chief alleged, adding that they were using Sindh government’s ‘looted money’ against him.

He further said, “They think that the only way to get me out of the way is actually to eliminate,” believing that efforts were underway to save those ‘four people’.

It is pertinent to mention here that Imran Khan and several other PTI leaders were wounded in an assassination attempt after a man opened fire near the PTI reception camp in Wazirabad during party’s long march.