Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed on Sunday said that winning hearts of internally displaced persons (IDPs) was a key to success in the ongoing military operation in North Waziristan.
Addressing a massive gathering held by the MQM at Jinnah Ground Sunday, Rasheed called for an immediate release of Rs 17 billion for the IDPs. He lamented that government was spending a whopping amount of Rs 117 billion on metro buses, laptops schemes and Benazir Bhutto Income Support Program (BISP), however only Rs 1 billion was spent on the IDPs.
Vowing to foil every conspiracy against Pakistan Army, he said, “Pakistan Army is the largest army in the Islamic world. In Libya and Iraq, army was weakened first.”
Pakistan Army was fighting an “undeclared war”, he said, adding that there was no threat to Pakistan from borders. Rashid was of the view that this war was being fought with a strategy. “It is important to show unity at this critical juncture,” he added.
