RAWALPINDI: The president of Awami Muslim League (AML) Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Sunday announced that he would lead the ‘Fill the Jails Movement’ (Jail Bharo) from Rawalpindi and asked people to make it a success for the sake of Imran Khan.

Addressing PTI protesters outside Lal Haveli, he said: “People staged protest in London and Canada against the removal of Imran Khan and it is the duty of the people to come out on streets,” adding that people were even protesting in front of Avenfield apartments.

He called on citizens to come out of their houses and throw out the new government, adding that he was leaving the country for three days for Umrah and after coming back, would lead rallies in Peshawar and Karachi.

He termed the united opposition “an alliance of thieves”.

He said the chief election commissioner came to the court and said elections could not be held in the next seven months. “If we want to save this country, we have to make decisions in the light of day and not in the darkness of night. We will fight peacefully,” he said, adding that elections are the last resort and there could be a miracle before Eid.

He said Imran Khan had been ousted under a foreign conspiracy. “I did not want to contest election, but, I changed my mind not to leave Imran Khan alone,” he added.

Published in Dawn, April 11th, 2022