Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has disapproved of his party’s colleague Rana Sanaullah’s statement warning caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti over party supremo Nawaz Sharif’s arrest upon his return to the country.
“Rana Sanaullah is a sensible man [but] he should not have said something which has multiple meanings,” the senior PML-N leader said while responding to a question in a private Tv channel programme on Tuesday night.
The former premier, who has been living in London since then, has recently announced his return to the country on October 21 this year. Reacting to the Bugti’s remarks, Sanaullah said the minister crossed his limits by making such a statement.
“Sarfraz Bugti should see the fate of former interior minister Sheikh Rashid before issuing giving such remarks,” the PML-N leader warned. However, Abbasi also opposed Bugti’s remarks, saying that it was not his mandate to arrest someone and his only mandate was to ensure the implementation of the law.
Moreover, Abbasi also commented on caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar’s recent statement that fair elections are possible without incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan participating in it. “Caretaker prime minister should not have said such thing.