Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim said on Tuesday that Allah, the Pakistan Army, and the United States support the government, as do the people of Pakistan. “By gathering a few hundred people in Islamabad, the opposition tried to give the impression that the public was with it,” the chief minister told a Labour Day rally of the PML, referring to opposition protests in Islamabad against the suspension of the chief justice. He added that the “real picture” could be seen at his party’s rally that was attended by “a sea of people”.
“Allah, the Army and America are with us besides the people,” Rahim said, adding that with the blessings of Allah, General Pervez Musharraf, the prime minister, corps commander, and now Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao had survived attacks. He said that Gen Musharraf was more democratic than “so-called” democratic leaders, despite being in uniform. Rahim said that the PML could have organised such a rally on the day the hearing of the Supreme Judicial Council was held just as the opposition parties had, but the party did not want confrontation with the opposition. He said, however, that organising such a rally was necessary to show that the public was in favour of the president and not the opposition on the CJP issue. |