Shaikh Rashid vows to keep supporting PTI chief Imran Khan

Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid has said he will keep supporting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan through thick and thin, the 24NewsHD TV channel reported on Sunday. 

In a video clip posted on his official Twitter handle, he said as long as Imran Khan is 'fighting this battle', he will stand with him. “And when Imran Khan is in power, then I will not have any responsibility, I will keep the flag of truth high even if my life is lost,” he hinted.  “I am not a coward, I maintain friendships and enmities till death,” he vowed.  

Shaikh said that the police have been raiding the houses of his sisters, nephews, brothers, and his mother, who died 30 years ago for the past 20 days. He claimed that the government has hired three assassins (hitmen) to kill him.

“I want to tell you that I have the right to defend myself and I have also written to the authorities of Pakistan’s actual government that there is a limit to abuse.”

The AML chief said that although he was not in the country, he condemned the events of May 9, saying that he considers the "Pakistan Army great and protector of the country”.

 “I have only been tweeting for the past 20 days and have not even been on a TV talk show. If they are afraid of my Twitter, I will continue tweeting until I am arrested,” he said.