The ex-governor says he was asked to do \u2018unconstitutional things\u2019
\n LAHORE
\nFormer governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar lambasted the PTI leadership Sunday after he was removed from office, with media reports saying the decision was taken at PML-Q leader Chaudhry Parvez Elahi\u2019s request.
\nThe ex-governor, addressing a press conference shortly after being sacked, said if there is an foreign conspiracy against the incumbent government then it was electing Buzdar as the chief minister.
\nSarwar said that despite having several prominent candidates, including Fawad Chaudhry, Imran Khan decided to pick Usman Buzdar as the chief minister \u2014 as only he could move Punjab towards the goal of \u201cNaya Pakistan\u201d.
\n\u201cAll of PTI workers \u2014 in Punjab, Pakistan \u2014 and the federal ministers complained to us whether this was the Pakistan that we wanted where the chief secretary and inspector general are changed every three months,\u201d the former governor said.
\nSarwar said keeping aside everyone\u2019s reservations, he vowed to stand behind the prime minister. \u201cOn the one hand, there was the prime minister and on the other, it was the entire PTI.\u201d
\n\u201cBribery has reached the grassroots levels, but we vowed to stand with Imran Khan.\u201d
\nThe ex-governor said that when he had presented the proposal of resigning voluntarily, then why was there a need to dismiss him. \u201cShah Mahmood Qureshi and Pervez Khattak are witnesses to it.\u201d
\nSarwar said he was asked to do \u201cunconstitutional things\u201d. He explained that once Buzdar had resigned from his post, despite it not being approved and notified, the prime minister and PTI leadership asked him to call a session of the Punjab Assembly to elect the new CM.
\n\u201cI asked them to not make me do illegal things […] I told them that they can have me resign, but I will not do unconstitutional acts,\u201d the ex-governor said.
\nMinister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry, announcing the government\u2019s decision, said that PTI leader Omer Sarfaraz Cheema has been appointed as the new Punjab governor.
\nAccording to media reports, Sarwar has been removed from his post on PML-Q leader Chaudhry Parvez Elahi\u2019s request, for allegedly campaigning for Hamza Shahbaz in the election of the chief minister.
\nIt is to be noted that Elahi is contesting against the Opposition\u2019s candidate, Hamza, for the coveted slot of the chief minister. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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