LAHORE – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has issued a show-cause notice to its leader Rana Mashhood over a controversial statement about settlement between his party and the country’s establishment.
In an interview to a private television channel, the PML-N leader, earlier, expressed that the establishment was saddened as Shehbaz Sharif was not able to become the prime minister.
Mashhood, believed to be a close confidant of the ex-Punjab CM, credited the former Punjab chief minister for ‘settling matters with establishment’ while claiming that his party was in a position to form a government in Punjab within a span of two months.
Hamza Shehbaz would be PML-N’s candidate for the post of Punjab chief minister, he added.
On a query regarding the conduct of Maryam Nawaz and former premier Nawaz Sharif, the former minister expressed that the tone of the duo would remain a bit harsh until ‘things are fully settled’.
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As the statement stirred a controversy in the country, the PML-N spokesperson, Marriyum Aurangzeb, said the party leadership distanced themselves from Mashhood’s claims terming them as his ‘personal opinion’.
The former minister also came forward with a claim that his statement was presented out of the context, adding that he was trying to contact with the management of the channel.
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The controversial statement also invited wrath from the army as ISPR DG Major General Asif Ghafoor rejected the statement of former Punjab minister.
“Attribution of an obvious vested statement by Rana Mashhood is baseless and regrettable. Such irresponsible expressions are detrimental to stability in the country,” military spokesman wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/baseless-and-regrettable-army-spokesman-terms-mashhoods-statement-detrimental-to-pakistans-stability/
