Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi asked the National Assembly speaker to take notice of the threat of physical assault by Abid Sher Ali to both him and PTI Chairman Imran Khan and on the floor of the National Assembly.
In his letter to National Assembly Speaker, Ayaz Sadiq, PTI vice chairman stated that he should take notice of threat of physical assault by Abid Sher Ali to PTI chairman and him because it is a matter of urgent consideration.
The letter reads that Water and Power Minister, Abid Sher Ali, in his statements, which appeared in an English newspaper, was making threats of physical assaults to both Imran Khan and him on the floor of the National Assembly.
Qureshi said that the statements have also appeared on the twitter account of Abid Sher Ali on January 26, in which he has categorically stated “you and Imran would be on my radar in NA session. Get ready for PML-N Lions.”
PTI vice chairman in his letter said, “The aforesaid threatening statements have been made despite a meeting of the parliamentary leaders being convened in your chamber on January 30, 2017, whereby a code of conduct was agreed upon with consensus.”
Qureshi said that the statements made by Abid Sher Ali are a clear violation of the agreed code of conduct.
He said that he is writing to the parliamentary leaders of all political parties in order to take the matter forward and decide upon an appropriate course of action.
It is pertinent to mention here that at an event organised by PML-N UK chapter in London, Abid Sher Ali had asked PTI leaders, Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi, to watch their backs in the National Assembly next time, announcing that he will tackle them physically on the floor of the house.
He alleged that the PTI leader Imran Khan asked his lawmakers to attack Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on the floor of the house last week. He said that Shah Mahmood Qureshi was responsible for inciting Shehryar Afridi and Murad Saeed to attack the minister.
“I announce on record that I will not spare both Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Both deserve to be physically tackled for attacking Khaqan Abbasi, nothing less. They hatched the conspiracy and caused mayhem in the assembly through their gangsters.”
Abid also asked Sheikh Rasheed to be careful and wait for the time when he will be tackled too.
