LAHORE: Minister for Interior Affairs Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Thursday said that he held a meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar in which political matters including reservations of ‘estranged’ Jehangir Tareen were discussed. Addressing a press conference at the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) regional office, he said that he urged the chief minister to […]
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Imran sits down with Tareen, Qureshi to diffuse tensions
Prime Minister Imran Khan held separate meetings with senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Khan Tareen and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and asked them to diffuse the tensions between them, a private news channel reported on Sunday. The channel quoted its sources as saying that the prime minister met the duo two days ago […]
PTI workers reiterate trust in Buzdar
LAHORE: Amidst the rope-pulling between Jahangir Khan Tareen and Governor Chaudhry Sarwar for a prominent role in Punjab, the PTI leadership ruled out any possibility of change in the office of the CM for the moment. Special Assistant to Prime Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan and Mr. Tareen ruled out the possibility of changing Chief Minister Usman […]
Split within PTI over Tareen attending official meetings
The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Monday appeared divided over the issue of disqualified party leader Jahangir Tareen attending official meetings. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told a press conference in Lahore that Tareen’s presence in official meetings gives the opposition something to talk about. “I will ask Tareen to think … whenever you sit in official […]