PML-N senior politician and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan’s move to demand the resignation of Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, saying that the PM did not surprise the opposition, but rather Buzdar.
Abbasi was speaking to the media outside the accountability court in Islamabad on Tuesday, where he had come to attend the hearing of a reference against him.
Commenting on the PML-choice Q’s to remain an ally of the PTI government after PM Khan nominated PML-Q leader and Speaker of the Punjab Assembly Ch Pervaiz Elahi for the position of Punjab chief minister, Abbasi stated, “Q League is a political party that is independent to make its own decision.”
He claimed that the opposition was not taken aback by the premier’s surprise, but that it was outgoing Buzdar who ought to be taken aback.
“Last night, the Punjab chief minister was sacrificed on the altar of PTI politics.” “Imran sacrificed him in order to save his government,” he sneered.
The PML-N leader, who faced the NAB reference during the PTI government, believes that political tensions in the country are at an all-time high. “My accountability is done now,” he declared, daring the government to make public all references filed against PML-N leaders.
He predicted that Imran Khan’s days were numbered. He added that the PTI leaders must now account for corruption cases involving billions of rupees.
Previously, the accountability court presided over by Judge Azam Khan, heard the LNG case against the former prime minister.
Abbasi and the other defendants appeared in court. However, the court rescheduled the hearing to March 31 since lawyers were unable to attend due to other commitments.
During the next hearing, Barrister Zafarullah would cross-examine the witnesses.
