Islamabad:
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid has hinted at retiring from politics, saying that if no one challenged him, he would not run in the next elections. In an exclusive interview with Urdu News, he said that he would withdraw from politics and he is is mentally ready to do so.
He also mentioned the challenges facing the Interior Ministry and said that new issues arise in the ministry every day, one or the other issue arises because it is a sensible ministry.
Comparing the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Railways, Sheikh Rashid said that the Ministry of Interior is concerned with national security where one has to work 18 hours a day while the Ministry of Railways was a normal ministry.
Talking about his ‘political goal’, Sheikh Rashid, who has been a member of the National Assembly eight times so far, said that after the completion of Dhok Dalal College Hospital and Railway Station College, his political goal should be completed with the construction of Nala Lei in Rawalpindi. Will
Asked about the 2023 general elections, he said, “If no one bothers me, I will not run in the next elections. There are still two years left in the elections. I hope I will retire.”
Referring to the 2019 elections, he said that when Nawaz Sharif said that Sheikh Rashid would be out of the next assembly, then I was forced to contest the elections with the help of Allah.
Talking about his performance, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said that he should remove roadblocks from Islamabad, install more than 300 security cameras and get visas online.
He said that thousands of NADRA officers abroad were replaced so that the problems of overseas Pakistanis would be solved while we do not have any backlog of visas.
In this regard, he added that when I took over the portfolio of the Ministry of Interior, up to 80,000 visas were in the backlog, which was abolished. He used to pay a bribe of a thousand rupees.
Sheikh Rashid said that if the visa is not obtained, it comes to the Interior Ministry for clearance within 90 days, after which the agencies are bound to investigate within a month, if it does not do so, we issue the visa.