Abid Sher Ali has a few choice words for fellow passengers Aleem Khan, Manzoor Wattoo

The trio were together on PIA's Islamabad-Karachi flight


News Desk April 04, 2017
Minister of state for water and power, Abid Sher Ali talking to journalists in Karachi on April 4, 2017. EXPRESS NEWS SCREEN GRAB

In a surprise occurrence, political arch-rivals PML-N's Abid Sher Ali, PTI's Aleem Khan and PPP's Manzoor Wattoo travelled together in PIA's Islamabad-Karachi flight on Tuesday.

The flight, however, did not seem to go well as the PML-N firebrand leader later berated his company by referring to their "changing of loyalties", according to Express News.

"It is for the first time I have travelled with 'relo kattay'," the state minister said using a 'derogatory' slang to describe 'turncoats' when asked by journalists about his experience of the business-class flight.

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Khan left PML-Q to join PTI in 2012, whereas Wattoo, a longtime PML stalwart, joined PPP in 2008.

On the contrary, Wattoo said, "He must not have said that about me, but about someone else," when asked about Ali's remarks.

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During the flight, Khan and Wattoo could be seen smiling while Ali did not meet eyes with the camera except for once.

The PTI leader reportedly kept explaining to Wattoo why power outages had increased in the province. While Wattoo disembarked to Sukkur to join the event to mark ZA Bhutto's death anniversary in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, the other two continued travelling to Karachi.

COMMENTS (2)

KKKOOL | 7 years ago | Reply One always speaks of his own background.
Independent | 7 years ago | Reply It could be a coincidence that three of them were on same flight but what is the probability of coincidence they were allocated seats next to each other ? Clearly behind the scene these politicians know each other very well and decided to sit next to each other so they can discuss their "interests".
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