TLTP
MULTAN
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said if Jahangir Tareen has any reservations on the action against his sugar mills, he should meet Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Talking to the media on Saturday, Qureshi said, “The PM will listen to his stance carefully. We will listen to everything Tareen says.”
Qureshi said that 17 sugar mills have received notices and only one of them belongs to Tareen. He said that Tareen has categorically made two things clear that neither he is establishing a forward bloc in the party, nor he is leaving the PTI. He said there is no threat to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government from Jahangir Tareen. “Every MNA is loyal to PM Imran Khan, Tareen poses no threat,” he further said.
Qureshi maintained that members of the national and provincial assemblies are bound by the decision of Imran Khan. He said independent members submitted affidavits and started sitting on PTI benches in the assembly.
The foreign minister said that none of the PTI members are going to any other party. “When I had a disagreement with the PPP, I left my seat and resigned,” he said.
Talking about the Kashmir issue, Qureshi categorically stated that no compromise will be made on the Kashmir dispute. He pointed out that there are several UN Security Council’s resolutions on the outstanding dispute which cannot be overlooked. He said that Pakistan is a peace loving country and it desires good relations with all its neighbours including India.
Qureshi’s statements came shortly after Tareen, who is facing multiple cases, called for a “fair team” to investigate his case as he believes that the officers investigating him are “controversial”.
“[Hold an] inquiry but make a transparent team that is not controversial. The team that is [currently] investigating is not fair,” Tareen told the media after making appearances before sessions and banking courts for extension in his bail.
Jahangir Tareen hosted a dinner for PTI parliamentarians on Friday night. The dinner was attended by around 30 members of the National and Punjab assemblies including eight MNAs and 21 MPAs, according to reports. Those who attended the gathering also included provincial minister Ajmal Cheema, MNAs Raja Riaz, Ghulab Bibi Bharwana, Malik Nauman Langarial, Aslam Bharwana and others.
