Sheikh Rasheed has been the subject of fierce criticism after he mocked the protestors and used them as 'weapon testing objects' instead of empathising with them.
The preceding governments have also mortgaged roads, buildings and institutions and procured loans through the issuance of bonds, both national and international.
Sheikh was one of the terrorists freed by India along with Masood Azhar in 1999 to secure the release of passengers of the hijacked Indian Airlines flight IC-814.