‘September sitamgar hoga’: Sheikh Rasheed announces Khan’s march in Islamabad

Former interior minister and Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rasheed said on Sunday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan will give a call to his supporters to march towards Islamabad once the flood situation eases down.

Rasheed took to his Twitter handle and warned: “Sitambar Sitamgar ho ga (September will be cruel)”.

The former federal minister pointed out that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has made yet another agreement of Rs608 billion with the government. “First they robbed the treasury and now the people’s pockets”, he said.

“Floods have opened the eyes of the people of Sindh, the floods have destroyed the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) reputation. How will other countries give aid when the people of the country refuse to give money to money launderers?”

He said that the people can not bear the burden of increasing petrol and power prices, yet the “government continues to raise them”.

سیلاب نےPDMکی ساکھ راکھ بنادی،لوٹاممبران کی عوام شکل نہی دیکھناچاہتے،جن منی لانڈرزکواپنے لوگ چندہ دینے کو تیار نہی دوسرےملک کیسے دیں گے،لوگوں میں پٹرول لینےاور بجلی کا بل دینے کی سکت نہی آپ مزید اضافہ کرنے جارہے ہیں،ستمبر ستمگرہوگا،سیلاب اترے گاتوعمران خان اسلام آباد کی کال دےگا

— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) September 4, 2022

In a series of tweets, he said that IMF knows that there is a weak majority of the government and people can come to the streets.

“The time is not far when factories and shops will be closed, people will be on the streets”, he warned again while adding that floods have become a matter of “political point scoring”.

حکومت کو ممنوعہ فنڈنگ،توشہ خانہ اورتوہین عدالت کیسز سے کچھ نہیں ملے گا۔وزیروں کاجمعہ بازارلگا ہے،کئی وزیربے محکمہ،بے دفتراور آئین سے زیادہ ہیں۔میں انکی آئین سے اضافی تعداد پرہائیکورٹ جاسکتا ہوں۔بجلی کے بل یا چوہلے میں سےایک ہی چل سکتا ہے۔اپنےبچوں کوبھوک سے مرتےکوئی نہیں دیکھ سکتا

— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) September 3, 2022

Rasheed’s statement came a day after Imran Khan warned the government to stop the “persecution” of his party workers otherwise he will again march on Islamabad.

He said the government would have “no place to hide” in the event he comes to Islamabad.