Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday responded to Asif Zardari’s tirade against the government, and said that the former president should start counting his days in politics. “Zardari is counting our 100 days. He should be counting his days in politics,” Fawad said in a statement.
The minister also mocked the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman for saying “those with only three-year tenure have no right to make decisions”.
Earlier in the day, Zardari said asked as to how could someone, having a service tenure of just three years, reserve the right to make decisions for the nation. “Only parliament has this right and no one else.”
Without naming anyone, he said they keep visiting different places, questioning, “What does you have to do [with them]?
Fawad, responding to the statements, said that the last time Zardari gave such statements, he had to make Dubai his home for three years.
Separately, Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan that the former president was trying to target judiciary, establishment and the government to save himself from accountability.
Published in Daily Times, December 16th2018.
