RAWALPINDI (National Times) – Awami Muslim League Pakistan (AMLP) leader Sheikh Rashid on Saturday requested the establishment of Pakistan to stay away from the Punjab by-elections, slated to be held on Sunday, July 17.

Former Interior Minister Rashid said that tomorrow is a very important day. “Country might not have witnessed such election,” he said.

In a video message, Sheikh Rashid said that Attock court has given him a date of 8 August. He said that he visits different courts daily because of the “fake cases”.

He further said that the nation will not tolerate any kind of rigging, violence and threats.

Rashid said that establishment has to show in tomorrow’s election that they are unbiased. While he added that those who are talking about imposing Article 6 on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan have no sense. “These people have been imposed on us by one to two votes,” he said.

The former federal minister said that if the masses will vote Imran Khan, they will be stopped and if they will be stopped then there will be a severe reaction.

“Tomorrow is a test to strengthen the politics of Pakistan and masses must decide to strengthen the politics and no one should be doing interference in it,” he concluded.