Former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s resignation from the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the National Assembly drew ire from PPP circles, even as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan welcomed Qureshi with arms wide open.
He has written his ‘obituary’
ISLAMABAD: Federal Information Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Monday that by resigning from the National Assembly and the PPP, Shah Mehmood Qureshi had written his political obituary and political wilderness was his destiny.
Qureshi to join PTI on Nov 27
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Monday that his party would hold a massive public meeting in Ghotki on November 27 and predicted that it would be attended by more than 100,000 people. In an interview with a private TV channel, when Imran was told that Shah Mehmood Qureshi was also holding a public meeting at Ghotki the same day to announce his political decisions, he said the former foreign minister and the PTI were one, and Qureshi would announce his decision to join the PTI.
Power-hungry man can never be loyal
In reaction to Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s resignation from the PPP and the National Assembly, Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa said on Monday that those quitting the PPP had lost all credibility and “a man with a lust for power can never be loyal to anyone”, a private TV channel reported.
Qureshi has no principles
ISLAMABAD: Reacting to Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s resignation, PPP central leader Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said on Monday that those who believed in politics of power had no principles. “Some politicians change political parties for psychological reasons too,” he told reporters outside Parliament House. He said Qureshi should say when he first learnt that President Asif Ali Zardari had side-tracked from the vision of former premier Benazir Bhutto.
Charges baseless
GUJRANWALA: PPP Punjab President Imtiaz Safdar Warriach told reporters at a press conference on Monday that the resignation of Shah Mehmood Qureshi from the PPP was his reaction to not getting a ministerial post. Warriach said the charges Qureshi had levelled against the president and the PM were baseless.
Resignation astonishing
ISLAMABAD: PPP Central Information Secretary Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Monday that Shah Mehmood Qureshi resigned because he was stripped of his foreign minister portfolio, which was astonishing. He said Qureshi violated party rules by rejecting the Water and Power Ministry when he was offered the charge.
Somersaults family tradition
MUZAFFARGARH: Reacting to the resignation of Shah Mehmood Qureshi, PPP leader and National Assembly Member Jamshaid Dasti said on Monday that political somersaults were a tradition of the Qureshi family. Dasti said Qureshi wanted to leave the party when President Asif Ali Zardari nominated Yousaf Raza Gilani for prime minister.
He trying to regain popularity: ppp
KARACHI: The PPP condemned the allegations made by former fm Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who resigned from the party and the National Assembly on Monday, against President Asif Ali Zardari and the Bhutto family. In a statement issued by the PPP Media Cell, Bilawal House spokesman Aijaz Durrani likened Qureshi to the characters of Mir Jaafar and Mir Sadiq. “Qureshi is trying to regain his lost popularity with his politics as done by Mumtaz Bhutto, Ghulam Mustafa Khar, Farooq Leghari, Jam Sadiq and other enemies of the Bhutto family,” the spokesman added.
