ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Awami (PML-A) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Thursday that he had decided to cancel a public meeting at Rawalpindi’s Lal Haveli after receiving threats to his life, according to local media sources.
The party chief was scheduled to address his party workers on the eve of Independence Day just like he did every year, it was revealed.
This year, the programme was dropped on the suggestion of the local administration and security departments, reportedly.
“The administration informed me that it was the same terrorist group which had attacked me three times in the past,” he said.
Sheikh Rashid added that he didn’t want to put the lives of his workers in danger and therefore decided to postpone the event.
