RAWALPINDI: “The balloon of Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s protest (Azadi March) will be punctured soon”, Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said while talking to media, a private news channel reported.
Sheikh Rasheed was commenting on the so-called ‘Azadi March’ announced by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman.
Read more: Police arrest two JUI-F leaders in Islamabad ahead of Azadi March
He was advised that this is not the time (of protest), railways minister said. “He has nothing to do with Kashmir. If a better decision not made (by him) the law will take its course”, Sheikh Rasheed said.
“The people can not be left at the mercy of armed bands,” he further said.
Replying a question, railways minister said that he was in contact with PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif. ” He is my friend,” Rasheed added. (With additional input from INP)
