Former Punjab chief minister Usman Buzdar on Monday responded to the claims made by current provincial chief executive Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, saying that criticising him was equivalent to criticising the PTI\u2019s narrative.<\/p>\n
Buzdar\u2019s statement came a day after Elahi, in an exclusive interview with ARY News, had rejected PTI chief Imran Khan\u2019s continuous criticism of former army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa.<\/p>\n
In the same interview, Elahi had also blamed Buzdar for poor governance in Punjab, adding that he had neglected Gujrat, the stronghold of Elahi\u2019s Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q).<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw that Buzdar ruined everything in four years,\u201d Elahi said. \u201cI had to fix everything. Even Rescue 1122 was ruined.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking to the media outside an accountability court in Lahore today, Buzdar said that he was \u201ccompletely satisfied\u201d with the performance of his Punjab government.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring my tenure, the province witnessed record development,\u201d he said. \u201cI provided every district with a [development] package.\u201d<\/p>\n
Buzdar further said that he never targeted his political opponents, saying he had always respected his colleagues and would continue to do so.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a lot to say but the time is not right,\u201d Buzdar said. \u201cI respect everyone. I\u2019ve never spoken against anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also dispelled the impression that CM Elahi had favoured him in any way in the past. He clarified that Elahi was not the chief minister when he became the tehsil nazim during former president Pervez Musharraf\u2019s era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former Punjab chief minister Usman Buzdar on Monday responded to the claims made by current provincial chief executive Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, saying that criticising him was equivalent to criticising the PTI\u2019s narrative. Buzdar\u2019s statement came a day after Elahi, in an exclusive interview with ARY News, had rejected PTI chief Imran Khan\u2019s continuous criticism of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-302136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n