LAHORE – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Syed Sumsam Ali Bukhari was sworn in as Punjab Information Minister minister here on Wednesday.
He was administered the oath by Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar at the Governor House. The oath-taking ceremony was attended by Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and other provincial ministers.
Bukhari will replace Fayyazul Hassan Chohan as Punjab information minister, who tendered his resignation a day earlier from his post as provincial information and culture minister over his anti-Hindu remarks.
Welcome on-board Syed Sumsam Ali Bukhari as Punjab information Minister pic.twitter.com/5Iaazx2qyN
— Dr. Shahbaz GiLL (@SHABAZGIL) March 5, 2019
Punjab CM spokesperson Dr Shahbaz Gill tweeted welcoming Bukhari on-board as Punjab information minister.
The development comes hours after the outspoken Fayazul Hasan Chohan was asked to resign by Chief Minister Usman Buzdar for his derogatory remarks at a press conference about the Hindu community.
Earlier, a video of Chohan had surfaced where he referred to the Hindus as “cow urine-drinking people”.
“We are Muslims and we have a flag, the flag of Maula Ali’s bravery, and the flag of Hazrat Umar’s valour. You don’t have that flag; it isn’t in your hands,” Fayyaz ul Hassan Chohan had said to the utter surprise of the community living in Pakistan.
“Don’t operate under the delusion that you are seven times better than us. What we have, you can’t have, you idol-worshippers,” he said in a video that went viral on the social media and invited backlash from all walks of life.
These remarks were condemned by senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members as well as a large section of society that displayed its displeasure on social media and demanded his resignation.
Samsam Bokhari had joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in July 2015 after leaving Pakistan Peoples Party. He belongs to Okara city – some 120 Kms off Lahore.
