{"id":16887,"date":"2022-08-01T15:43:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T15:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=16887"},"modified":"2022-08-01T15:43:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T15:43:50","slug":"its-politicians-fault-that-pushed-army-chief-to-intervene-chaudhry-shujaat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=16887&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s politicians&#8217; fault that pushed army chief to intervene: Chaudhry Shujaat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mishaal Arshad C.M Underground News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Chaudhry Shujaat invites Pervez Elahi to return to his residence.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>\u201cEverything is fine and everything will remain fine,\u201d Shujaat says.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Cheema says it is \u201cimpossible\u201d to remove Shujaat from his party position.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-cnvs-separator-id-1659368571331\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISLAMABAD: PML-Q senior leader Chaudhry Shujaat Monday blamed politicians after the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa intervened in the economic matters of the country by contacting a US official and requested the early dispersal of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy was there a need for the army chief to interfere?\u201d Shujaat questioned while addressing a press conference flanked by Tariq Bashir Cheema in the federal capital after recent political activities in the province that took a toll on the economy of Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/430484-army-chief-appeals-to-us-to-expedite-release-of-imf-funds-to-pakistan\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Gen Bajwa<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0reached out to the US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on a phone call to help Islamabad secure an early dispersal of $1.2 billion in funds under an IMF loan programme,\u00a0<em>Nikkei Asia<\/em>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commenting on the developments that took place in the largest province over the last few weeks in the wake of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/429777-all-eyes-on-sc-as-cm-punjab-election-case-hearing-resumes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Supreme Court\u2019s verdict\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>on the chief minister\u2019s election, Shujaat said: \u201cEverything is fine and everything will remain fine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former prime minister said that he wanted to speak about various issues, including the economic crisis and the allegations levelled against him, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSpeaking truth has become a sin these days,\u201d Shujaat said, adding that the public, as well as the politicians, hurled filthy abuses at him and his sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"attempts-are-being-made-to-defame-my-sons\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Attempts are being made to defame my sons\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regarding his sons and their involvement in political matters, the PML-Q leader \u2014 who was recently removed from his party position following the letter controversy during the CM\u2019s election \u2014 said: \u201cAttempts are being made to defame my sons, they have taken all decisions after consulting me and I am proud of them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He further added that those who levelled allegations against him and his sons have \u201cno standing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPoliticians are being blamed for the economic destruction in the country,\u201d he said, adding that the allegations levelled against them involve talks about bribery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have always supported the truth and will continue to do so,\u201d he maintained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"act-wisely\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Act wisely\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regarding Chief Minister Pervez Elahi and his support for the PTI, Shujaat urged him [Elahi] to act wisely and stop making a mockery of the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI invite him to return to his residence,\u201d he said, stressing that they [PTI] conspired to divide the party as well as the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"impossible\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Impossible\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking on the occasion, Federal Minister Tariq Basheer Cheema said that he will only leave his position when Shujaat asks him to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is impossible to remove Shujaat from his party head position,\u201d Cheema said, referring to the unanimous decision taken by the PML-Q central working committee to remove Shujaat and Cheema from their party positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShujaat is the founder of the party and provincial offices have no authority to remove him,\u201d he maintained, adding that this not how parties work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regarding Supreme Court\u2019s verdict, Cheema said that once detailed order is released the party will take review it accordingly and if needed will file a reference challenging the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cElahi knows what power means to us,\u201d the federal minister said, adding that he had urged Shujaat not to take such steps that create rifts among family members. He further added that even if the PTI allowed Elahi to serve as CM Punjab forever, even then the PML-Q will not support Imran Khan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mishaal Arshad C.M Underground News Chaudhry Shujaat invites Pervez Elahi to return to his residence. \u201cEverything is fine&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_appearance_grid":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,71,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-important-news","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16887"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16889,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16887\/revisions\/16889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}