If Imran Khan is arrested, Pakistan will ‘turn into Sri Lanka’: Former Pak minister
India Today
Ex-minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said that Pakistan would turn into Sri Lanka if former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested by the new government, adding that the country was nearing default.
Pakistan will "turn into Sri Lanka" if former prime minister Imran Khan is arrested and the new government will be responsible for that, former interior minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has warned.
Rasheed, while addressing a press conference in Faisalabad on Sunday, said that the incumbent coalition government had become directionless and was unable to handle the situation.
Responding to a question, Rasheed said that if Khan is arrested, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has already devised a strategy to deal with the situation.
"Pakistan will turn into Sri Lanka if Imran Khan is arrested and these people (the current government) will be responsible for that.," Rasheed said.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has accused Imran Khan of planning to trigger a civil war in the country and warned of legal action for concocting a narrative against the country's national institutions.
"I don't want Pakistan to turn into Sri Lanka," he said, adding that the country was nearing default.
Sri Lank is currently facing the worst economic and political crisis in its history ever since it gained independence in 1948.
