{"id":18441,"date":"2024-07-15T07:08:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T07:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/?p=18441"},"modified":"2024-07-15T07:08:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T07:08:27","slug":"sheikh-rashid-appeals-for-general-amnesty-from-establishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/?p=18441","title":{"rendered":"Sheikh Rashid appeals for &#8216;general amnesty&#8217; from establishment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Awami Muslim League leader and former interior minister, Sheikh Rashid, has raised serious concerns about the worsening state of the country and its economy. Speaking to the media outside Rawalpindi&#8217;s Adiala Jail, Rashid emphasized the gravity of the situation, noting that during his five-year tenure as a minister, he had shown leniency and now appeals to the establishment for a general amnesty. The former interior minister while highlighting the recent rearrest of PTI member Sanam Javed from a lawyer&#8217;s chamber, condemned the police for disrespecting several individuals. He added, &#8220;It would have been better if they had given us the two-year sentences we deserve, which we would have served.&#8221; Rashid also criticized the impending increase in electricity rates, warning that the country is on the brink of chaos, stating, &#8220;You want to create such turmoil that it becomes unmanageable. This is not the job of politicians. The poor are suffering immensely. The country is heading towards a state similar to Kenya. Conditions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan are dire. People are cursing this government. For God&#8217;s sake, save your honour and the country.&#8221; He further commented on the current administration&#8217;s inability to stabilize the economy, predicting that Nawaz Sharif would introduce a new narrative, leaving the public humiliated. Questioning the release of Imran Khan, Rashid stated, &#8220;They keep saying he&#8217;s coming, but he isn&#8217;t. One grave and three bodies: Nawaz, Shehbaz; their fate will soon be decided. One will flee to the East, the other to the West.&#8221; Rashid concluded by praising the judiciary for their historic decision on reserved seats, acknowledging their significant role in saving the country. &#8220;I salute the judiciary for their historic decision and their crucial role in saving the nation,&#8221; stated Rashid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awami Muslim League leader and former interior minister, Sheikh Rashid, has raised serious concerns about the worsening state of the country and its economy. Speaking&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18442,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news-updates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}