No threat to Punjab government, says Sarwar

Says there is no forward bloc in PTI

LAHORE:

Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar has said neither Prime Minister Imran Khan nor the government was taking any “retaliatory action” against Jahangir Khan Tareen.

“The promise of a united Pakistan is being fulfilled. Abdul Aleem Khan and Sabteen Khan have also faced cases in the courts. There is no forward bloc in the PTI government and there is no threat to the federal or Punjab government,” he clarified.

Addressing the Silk Road Clinical Centre and Corona International Conference at the University of Health Sciences, Lahore on Saturday and later speaking to median Sarwar said Tareen has been a close friend of Prime Minister Imran Khan and has held important responsibilities in the party.

As far as the cases against Jahangir Khan Tareen are concerned, Abdul Aleem Khan and Sabteen Khan have also faced cases in the courts.

Responding to a question, the governor said the government or the party did not interfere in the court proceedings of Tareen.

Sarwar said Jahangir Khan Tareen and any member who went to the court and met him did not do anything to destabilise the federal or Punjab government and there is no threat to the government and Prime Minister Imran Khan will complete his term, he added.

Addressing the event, the governor said unfortunately after the coronavirus pandemic in Pakistan, many people were calling it a conspiracy and now the third wave of coronavirus in the country has come from Britain. The situation would have been different if people coming from Britain had been quarantined.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 11^th, 2021.