Important decision to be taken on Sept 1: Sheikh Rasheed

ISLAMABAD: Federal Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed has announced that an important decision will be taken on 1st September.

Talking to media, Sheikh Rasheed said that Prime Minister Imran Khan is disappointed by the departure of Nawaz Sharif and I agree with the decision of the Cabinet to recall the former premier. He said that the government would make every effort to bring back him but it seems that he will not return to Pakistan.

The Railway Minister said that there are serious cases against Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shahbaz, both of whom could go to jail. Commenting on the meetings of the opposition, Sheikh Rasheed said that the meeting between Shehbaz and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman was a failure.

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He said that people would not go out for opposition. “Maulana Fazlur Rehman does not trust Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N),” he maintained. Talking about the railway department, he said that he did his best for his ministry. “After a year and a half, the railway tracks are changing. I thank the Army Chief and the Prime Minister for the ML-1 project,” he added.

According to the minister, the work of children hospitals in Rawalpindi is 70 percent complete. “The PPP did not spend a single rupee on the hospital where Benazir Bhutto was martyred,” he added.