As soon as Imran Khan decided to call off his dhrana, Sheikh Rashid disappeared from the scene as if he never existed. As the only MNA of his party, fire-spewing Sheikh joined hands with Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri to grind his own axe. He accompanied Imran on his container as a main speaker much to the dislike of PTI honchos. Believably, former PTI President Javed Hashmi left the party because of Sheikh’s intrigues. People felt that Sheikh’s incitement to the mob to ‘kill, burn, and destroy’ looked as if he was in an enemy territory. Wily Sheikh Rashid is known for using fiery language which once earned him five years in jail. He had been accused of keeping an unauthorised Kalashnikov. While some thought the case had been fabricated against Sheikh, many thought he did possess a Kalashnikov which was fitted in his gullet. However, the insiders think Sheikh is a robot that is switched on and off by his handlers when needed.
DR A P SANGDIL
Oslo, Norway