Govt to neither recognize Israel nor amend Khatam-e-Nabuwat law, says Sh. Rashid.

LAHORE -- Federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Saturday that PTI government was neither going to recognize Israel nor would make any amendment in the Khatam-e-Nabuwat Act.

Addressing a press conference here, he made it clear to PDM (Pakistan Democratic Movement) Chairman Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman that though he (Maulana) remained Chairman of Kashmir Committee but Prime Minister Imran rendered much more services for the cause of Kashmir and rights of Kashmiris, and cited that Premier actively and very clearly took up this issue at every world forum including United Nations Organization (UNO) and termed Indian PM Narendra Modi another Mussolini on the issue of Kashmir.

Regarding Broadsheet scandal, he said that if Justice Azmat was not acceptable to them (the Opposition parties) then they should tell who was acceptable to them, saying in a light vein whether they would accept Justice Ifitikhar or Justice Qayyum.

Responding to a question, he said PML-N's Khawaja Asif could have disclosed in a better manner that Shahbaz Sharif paid US $ 750,000 to NAB (National Accountability Bureau) and had also taken this amount back from it through Supreme Court. Similarly, other properties worth US $ 85 million to US $ 100 million were being unearthed and whoever committed the corruption, he/she must be taken to task, he maintained.

Sheikh Rashid said that opposition was doing politic on foreign funding and Prime Minister Imran Khan had offered an open trial of it, 'as today is the era of camera politics (media) and camera now-a-days tells who was involved or not.'

Federal Interior Minister said that government decided to allow a peaceful long march/procession to PDM, whether they before or after the Senate election, adding that the law would take its course if the opposition...