ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister Fawad Chaudhry makes stunning claims overinfighting in PTI high command.
Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has said thatinfighting between Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Planning MinisterAsad Umar and PTI leader Jahangir Tareen affected the party a lot and hasbeen one of the main reasons behind Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision notgoing according to plan.
“There was a lot of expectation from PTI and Imran Khan,” Chaudhry said inan interview with *Voice of America. *“The public had not elected us or theprime minister to fix nuts and bolts but to reform the system.”
“When the Panama case was resolved I and few others had a chance to speakto Imran Khan and at that time I felt his ideas were very clear when itcame to reforms,” he said.
The minister added, “The way he said the chief ministers had becomedictators in Sindh and the finance commission award should be there alongwith police reforms, judicial reforms, it was very clear at that time whatImran Khan’s vision was.”
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Chaudhry said that one of the main problems was the infighting between thePTI’s senior leadership that included Umar, Tareen and Qureshi. Hence, thislevel to a political vacuum.
“When the political vacuum was created, it was filled up with new peoplewho were not from politics,” he said. “When your core team was disturbed itwas filled with new people who were frankly not aligned with ideas andwon’t be and don’t have the capacity to either,” he added.
This infighting affected the party a lot especially the political class, hestated.
