In a video from the event, ex-Pak minister Sheikh Rasheed is seen sharing the stage with Khalid Masood Sandhu, a senior LeT commander; and Qari Muhammad Yaqoob Sheikh, a member of the terror group’s central advisory committee.
Former Pakistan minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has come under fire after appearing on stage alongside Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, praising the banned outfit’s chief Hafiz Saeed and issuing threats against India at a public event.
In a video from the event, Rasheed is seen sharing the stage with Khalid Masood Sandhu, identified as a senior LeT commander and president of the Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML); and Qari Muhammad Yaqoob Sheikh, a member of the terror group’s central advisory committee.
Addressing the gathering, the former minister made a series of remarks praising Saeed and expressing support for him. “Main Hafiz sahab ka ghulam hu (I am a slave of Hafiz Saeed),” he said, according to the video.
Rasheed also claimed that Saeed’s phone number had appeared on his phone while he was in the US and that he was subsequently expelled from the country.
He went on to issue inflammatory remarks against India, saying that Allah would destroy India if it “even looks towards Pakistan.”
“No birds will chirp in India, nor will bells ring in a temple,” while claiming that nothing would happen in India that went against Pakistan.
He also declared, “We are with Pakistan, with Hafiz Saeed.”
Rasheed served as the Interior Minister in the Imran Khan government from 2020 to 2022. He is the founder and leader of Awami Muslim League.
