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Story highlights The government employees were protesting as they demanded salary hike. Ahmed said that real problem was not the tear gas shelling but the pay raise that amounts to billions of rupees in this time of inflation Pakistani interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed is facing a lot of criticism for his statement on test of tear gas on protesters. Last week, police in Islamabad fired 1000 tear gas shells on protesting government employees. Ahmed said that it was necessary to test the tear gas as it had been unused for a long time as per Pakistani news outlet Dawn. He has also been quoted as saying that only a little was tested, not a lot ....
Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed faces backlash on comment fired tear gas on people to test it Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said the real problem was was not the tear gas shelling but the pay raise that amounts to billions of rupees in this time of inflation [and is a burden on the] treasury . Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed. (Image: Twitter) Pakistan s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed is in the news for his rather insensitive comment on the recent tear gas shelling that the police carried out. On December 10, Pakistani police had fired tear gas at government employees who were protesting to demand an increase in their salaries and pensions. ....
'Fired tear gas on govt employees to test it,' says Pakistan minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed - The minister said that the police "fired a little tear gas", and it was necessary to test it since the canisters had been unused for a long time. ....