ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting, Firdous Ashiq Awan on Wednesday clarified that her statement regarding ministry of Ghulam Sarwar was quoted ‘out of context’, ARY News reported.
In a Twitter message, Awan said: “Ghulam Sarwar is very respectable to me and like a brother, I hold him in a high esteem.”
The minister explained that a recent meeting had discussed problem caused by gas companies. She insisted that responsible elements for gas crisis were high officials of gas companies. ‘I exposed the figures involved in conspiracies.’
غلام سرور خان کی وزارت سے متعلق میرے بیان کو توڑ مروڑ کر پیش کیا گیا. میڈیا بریفنگ میں گیس کمپنیوں کی بد انتظامی کے بارے میں حقائق سے قوم کو آگاہ کیا تھا. گیس کے مسئلے کے ذمہ داران کمپنیوں کے اعلی عہدے داران ہیں. ان عناصر کو بے نقاب کیا جنہوں نے سازش کی. 1/2
— Firdous Ashiq Awan (@Dr_FirdousPTI) April 24, 2019
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Firdous Awan said her statement was completely quoted out of context.
Earlier in the day, Awan reportedly hit out at Ghulam Sarwar, who was removed from his post as the federal minister for petroleum and assigned the aviation ministry instead, the minister, according to reports, had criticised his role in the petroleum ministry. “The petroleum ministry was looted, that’s why the minister was changed,” the reports quoted her as saying.
In reaction, Ghulam Sarwar said the statement by the minister was “irresponsible.”
Reports made rounds five days ago that Ghulam Sarwar Khan had refused to take alternate ministry after major reshuffling in the federal cabinet.
As per details, the erstwhile minister for petroleum Ghulam Sarwar Khan was given ministry of Aviation, but he denied assuming charge of it, sources said.
