PM directs cabinet members not to issue controversial statement

Dunya News

The performance of some ministers and advisers also came under discussion in the cabinet meeting.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday directed members of the federal cabinet not to issue controversial statement.

The prime minister said this while presiding over a meeting of the federal cabinet on Tuesday. Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar raised the issue of Fawad Chaudhry s statement before the prime minister.

Sources said that PM Imran directed the cabinet members to exercise caution and maintain unity in the talks. The performance of some ministers and advisers also came under discussion in the cabinet meeting.

Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda openly criticized the policies of Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar, Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood and Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Petroleum Division Nadeem Babar and said that people were conspiring from within the cabinet.

“There is a game being played here and we cannot sit silent,” he said.

Vawda said that people think that they have become the prime minister.