ISLAMABAD – Nawaz Sharif lashed out at Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal for not properly handling the Faizabad sit-in, saying the agreement between the government and the protestors ‘a shame for us (the government)’.
“If the only solution was the resignation of law minister, the government should have taken it by itself; the way Zahid Hamid’s resignation was taken brought shame and failure for the government,” Nawaz said while grilling Ahsan Iqbal during a meeting in Punjab House in Islamabad.
Ahsan Iqbal briefed the former PM about talks and agreement with Tehreek-e-Labbaik protesters but Nawaz Sharif appeared unsatisfied with interior minister’s performance. Nawaz said that the sit-in was not handled in a proper manner which is tantamount to a failure of government.
Other PML-N leaders also expressed disappointment over the role of political parties during the sit-in and lamented that government had to sacrifice law minister due to non-cooperation of other parties.