ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed has said that though institutions are neutral in current political situation but they cannot remain neutral for long time.
Talking to media on Saturday, he said that he is seeing a political incidents in the county as the ongoing situation is alarming and disturbing and no one can predict that what would be the outcome of this.
“All those who have turned a blind eye towards the situation should open their eyes as this fight is about to come to an end and the outcome could be anything,” he maintained.
The interior minister further added that Prime Minister Imran Khan is “mentally and politically ready” for all sorts of outcomes; however, the decision to hold voting is the lookout of the National Assembly speaker and other legal experts.
Rasheed lamented that people are speaking ill about the institutions of Pakistan, adding that the political temperature in the country is very high at the moment.
Reiterating his stance to hold early elections, he said fresh elections are the “need of the hour” and the Opposition should also move toward transparent elections as this is the “ultimate solution”.
Regarding institutions’ “neutral” stance in the country’s political affairs, Rasheed said that institutions are neutral but they cannot remain neutral for long.
“The ongoing situation questions the integrity of Pakistan and the institutions and while institutes are neutral and they should remain neutral but nothing is above the integrity of the country,” he said.
