Judiciary Is PML-N's New Target: Sheikh Rasheed.

Former interior minister and Awami Muslim League leader Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Sunday took a jibe at the coalition government, saying that the PML-N is now targeting the 'last hope of Pakistanis' - the judiciary.

Taking to Twitter, Rasheed said that Hamza Shahbaz has taken oath as the Punjab chief minister twice in one-and-a-half months and is preparing to do it a third time.

He said that the dollar has surged over Rs20 in a week, while Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has increased the levy on LPG as well.

'What could be an indication of a bigger economic crisis and political instability than this,' the former minister asked.

Reacting to a recent statement by JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and political moves by Asif Ali Zardari, Rasheed said that both Fazl and Zardari have become agitated.

Fazl on Saturday had said that the coalition government has been told to follow instructions otherwise a crisis would be created for them. Speaking with Geo News, the PDM chief said that if institutions are quiet then there would be...

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