Minister writes letter to PM, says his statement was ‘twisted’ and he’s ready to resign if Sharif wants
Federal Minister Riaz Hussain Pirzada on Wednesday took a swift turn on his statement alleging that Saudi Arabia is destabilising the Muslim world.
According to sources, Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) Riaz Prizada in a letter said he “did not say a word” regarding Saudi Arabia causing disturbance in the Muslim world or Pakistan.
Sources said that Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid held a meeting with Pirzada on Wednesday and conveyed the concerns of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over this statement. Pirzada sought time after the meeting with Rashid and later sent a written reply to the prime minister saying his statement was “twisted”.
He also said his intention was not to embarrass the prime minister and that if the premier wants his resignation he is “ready to do so”.
Pirzada on Tuesday accused the Saudi government of creating instability across the Muslim world, including Pakistan, through distribution of money for promoting its ideology.
Addressing a two-day ‘Ideas Conclave’ organised by the Jinnah Institute, the federal minister had said ‘the time has come to stop the influx of Saudi money into Pakistan’.
He also blasted his own government for approving military courts in the presence of an ‘independent and vibrant judiciary’ and said that military courts reflect ‘weak and coward leadership’.
“Such cowardly leadership has no right to stay in power,” Pirzada had added.
He called upon the great powers — naming the US and Saudi Arabia specifically — to allow countries of the world to live in peace and said they should not fund terrorists or arm them. “Every country should be left to their devices and they should be run according to the wishes of the people and the civil society of those countries,” he told reporters after his speech at the conclave.
Pizada also appeared quite angry about the 21st Amendment and said that the formation of military courts seemed like the act of a characterless and cowardly leadership. He also announced his imminent retirement from public life during the speech.
The minister, who joined the PML-N a short while before the elections, was sworn in as a member of the cabinet on June 27, 2013. The MNA from Bahawalpur has suffered personally at the hands of religious extremists; his father was murdered in his own home by men purportedly linked with the banned Sipah-e-Sahaba.
Muslim world started bleeding since 1990. Had Saddam Taken over Saudi Arabia, the mother of evil would have finished. Saudi Arabia is house of USA and Israel. It has created all non-sense in Muslim world. Time has come when IRAN, TURKEY and Pakistan takes a lead to unite the Muslim world and replace the Muslim traitors from face of the earth.
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