Imran Khan’s aide blames Nawaz Sharif for telling India the whereabouts of Kasab
Highlight
- In a video, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid can be seen accusing Nawaz Sharif.
- Rashid accused him of telling India about Ajmal Kasab’s whereabouts.
- Rashid is considered close to Pak PM Imran Khan, who can also be seen in the video.
In a video widely shared online, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid can be seen ‘blaming’ Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif To trace the whereabouts of Ajmal Kasab, the main accused of 26/11, to India. Rashid belongs to the Awami Muslim League party, which is his main ally Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI),
In the video, Rashid completely disregards Kasab’s being one of the key operatives in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and how he works for the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) organization. Instead, he tries to defame Sharif by telling how he revealed his whereabouts to Pakistani terrorists and India.
“It was Nawaz Sharif who told India that Kasab is in Faridkot and I would be happy to take the blame if what I am saying is wrong,” he said. Rashid praised Imran Khan and even said that he does not work for PTI, but works for him.
Kasab was the lone survivor of the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai in 2008. The attacks were aimed at congested places like Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Taj Mahal Hotel and luxurious hotels like Tower, Oberoi and others. Trident and Nariman House.
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In a series of explosions and firing, 174 people were killed and 300 were injured.
Rashid’s video is going viral at a time when Imran Khan and his party PTI are afraid of being ousted from power in Pakistan. Its two main allies, Muttahida Quami Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) And Balochistan National Party (BNP) withdrew its support from PTI.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has firmly stated that Imran Khan has no chance of securing his position as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. He even said that Shahbaz Sharif can replace him.
No prime minister in Pakistan’s history has ever been deposed via a no-confidence motion, and Khan is the third prime minister to face the challenge.
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