Sheikh Rasheed claims plea bargain underway in Zardari’s case

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid on Monday stated that the government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will complete its five-year term as there is no chance of pre-mature elections.

The minister  said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has not given NRO-like deal to anyone but the leaders of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) are offering money for release of  former president Asif Ali Zardari.

He also claimed that a plea bargain was also underway in Zardari’s cases. “Soon a lot of money will be deposited in the national exchequer by NAB authorities,” Rasheed said.

Sheikh Rasheed also demanded to investigate Nawaz Sharif’s personal physician Dr Adnan and head of medical board Dr Waqar for fooling masses and paving way out for the PML-N leader.

The Awami Muslim League (AML) chief predicted the PTI would successfully come out from foreign funding case ongoing in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). He demanded scrutiny into foreign funding sources of PML-N and PPP.

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He further said that Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman returned from Islamabad without anything.

“It is our success that Maulana returned empty-handed after bringing his supporters to Islamabad, demanding the resignation of the prime minister,” he held.

Also rubbishing aside any difference of PML-Q leader Pervaiz Elahi with the incumbent government, the federal minister said that Elahi was part of the system and contacted Maulana Fazlur Rehman on the request of Imran Khan.

The reaction came after Fazlur Rehman made a shocking disclosure about conditions upon which the opposition’s Azadi March sit-in was called off.

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Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad said that the railway project-Main Line 1 (ML1)- was a key route of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project and would soon be completed.

“The credit of completing this project goes to Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has talked of it at every forum,” he said while addressing a presser.

Hailing the Chinese railway infrastructure as one of the best in the world, the federal minister said that talks were also underway to initiate Main Line 2 (ML2) project.

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Rejecting the United States’ concerns over Chinese investments in Pakistan, Rasheed said that their concerns were only because of Chinese investments rather than with any good intentions towards Pakistan.

“Whenever the US interests are fulfilled, they will leave Pakistan in the middle as they did in the past,” he said.

Expressing concern over issues faced by common man, Rasheed noted that soon the incumbent government would overcome rising inflation, unemployment and governance issues.