LAHORE – The confrontation between Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshiand disqualified PTI leader Jahangir Tareen again surfaced on Monday thatgives the opposition something to talk about.
Responding to a question during a press conference in Lahore earlier today,Qureshi criticised the leader’s attendance in government and PTI meetings.”I will ask Tareen to think, whenever you sit in official meetings MarriyumAurangzeb gets a chance to hold press conferences,” he remarked.
Qureshi requested Tareen to avoid attending government meetings as this isnot only contempt of Supreme Court verdict but it also provides theopposition an opportunity to criticise the party.
“I am sticking with the principles, not against anybody as questions areraised when you are involved in the political matters,” Qureshi said.
Responding to the statement aggressively, ex-PTI Secretary General JahangirTareen said he attended those meetings with PM Imran Khan’s permission andon his invitation.
Former parliamentarian Jahangir Tareen said the serving Pakistan his rightand no one including Qureshi can’t stop him to do that.
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In his reaction on micro-blogging website Twitter, clarified, “I follow theorders of my leader and he is Imran Khan and I go everywhere following hisorders.”
This is not the first time that two senior aides of the prime minister havepublic spoken against each other. PM Imran too, had in the past admittedthat the PTI is divided in groups led by his senior party members.
Last month, Jahangir Tareen had briefed the Federal Cabinet on agriculturereforms package. The opposition parties questioned under what capacity didthe former PTI official was allowed to attend the high-level meeting.