Tareen crisis meant to dislodge Buzdar: Iqbal

PML-N leader says PM is under immense pressure to replace Punjab CM

LAHORE:

Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal said the Jahangir Khan Tareen crisis was created to dislodge Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, adding the prime minister was under immense pressure to replace the provincial chief.

Addressing a press conference in Lahore on Saturday, the PML-N stalwart said, “Prime Minister Imran Khan’s victimisation tactics on opposition as well as government’s supporters reveal the premier wants all businessmen to transfer their money abroad. And this will destroy the investment and business opportunities in the country.”

He lashed out at the governance of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led federal government and said the biggest threat to the country was from the ‘mafia of incompetence’. “Tareen will get the similar kind of justice as cricketer Majid Khan received. The cricketer brought PM Imran into the Pakistan team and paid the price by losing his position of the captain,” Iqbal said, adding the premier always “stabs in the back of his benefactors”.

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Responding to a question on the possibility of joining hands with the disgruntled PTI leader to dislodge the government, he said Tareen had not approached the PML-N so far. He however clarified that the PML-N would only become a part of the process that paved the way for holding fresh elections forthwith. Until recently, the PML-N was demanding action against Tareen and accused him of making billions in the sugar scam.

Meanwhile, the opposition party had also coined the term ATM for the PTI leader currently facing probe into sugar scandal. However with the inquiry drawing the two, Prime Minister Imran Khan and his loyal friend Tareen apart, the PML-N took a U-turn from his stance and voiced its concerns in support of Tareen.