Rauf Klasra: Before governor’s rule, Asif was asked to sack Taseer
President Asif Ali Zardari was advised by four federal ministers on the night governor’s rule was imposed in Punjab to sack Governor Salman Taseer to send a positive message to the Sharif brothers after their disqualification by the Supreme Court.
At a cabinet meeting, held a day later and chaired by Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, a serious allegation was heard that one lawyer — fighting Nawaz Sharif’s eligibility case in the Supreme Court — was quietly paid a sum of Rs5.5 million by a bank for unknown services.
It was confirmed to The News that before the imposition of governor’s rule in Punjab, a secret meeting took place among Salman Taseer, Law Minister Farooq H Naek and retired judge Malik Qayyum at the Governor House in Lahore. It was this meeting that sealed the Sharif brothers’ fate.
A well-placed source confided to this correspondent that a shouting match took place at the cabinet meeting that was called to discuss the imposition of governor’s rule and endorse President Zardari’s decision on installing a PPP government in Punjab.
At a cabinet meeting, held a day later and chaired by Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, a serious allegation was heard that one lawyer — fighting Nawaz Sharif’s eligibility case in the Supreme Court — was quietly paid a sum of Rs5.5 million by a bank for unknown services.
It was confirmed to The News that before the imposition of governor’s rule in Punjab, a secret meeting took place among Salman Taseer, Law Minister Farooq H Naek and retired judge Malik Qayyum at the Governor House in Lahore. It was this meeting that sealed the Sharif brothers’ fate.
A well-placed source confided to this correspondent that a shouting match took place at the cabinet meeting that was called to discuss the imposition of governor’s rule and endorse President Zardari’s decision on installing a PPP government in Punjab.
posted by temporal at 3/03/2009
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