LAHORE – Pakistan Peoples Party lawmaker Qadir Mandokhel has issuedclarification following an altercation with Special Assistant to ChiefMinister Punjab on information Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan during a TV show.
Mandokhel, who was elected to National Assembly in April’s by-election inNA-249 constituency of Karachi after defeating the PTI and PML-N’scandidates, was slapped and abused by Awan after heated exchanged turnedinto brawl during Javed Chaudhary’s current affairs show Kal Tak onWednesday.
The CM’s aide later took to social media to explain why she had taken theextreme step against the PPP leader.
She claimed that Mandokhel had used inappropriate language which angeredher, and that only a one-sided story was being shared in the video. Shealleged that Mandokhel threatened her, besides insulting her late father.
But, the PPP leader is not approving Awan’s story. In his clarification,Mandokhel said that the Sialkot-based politician was repeatedlyinterrupting him and another guest on the show and not letting them to putforth their opinion.
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“When I asked her to speak me, she replied your party is completelycorrupt. I replied you [Awan] had been minister of the same party,”Mandokhel said in his video statement.
The PPP leader said that when he reminded the CM’s special assistant ofcorruption charges against her, she got enraged and started abusing him.
