LAHORE: Former CM Punjab and PMLQ Leader Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has apologized over his remarks about PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry during his address in an event the other day.
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Parvez Elahi had said “Imran Khan’s close aides struck at the roots of PTI. One out of four or five people, who are close to Khan, has been arrested. Things would have been better had he been arrested earlier.”
He said he had asked Imran Khan to let him work for more time as chief minister, and not to dissolve the Punjab Assembly, but he did not listen to him. Now the party was facing the consequences.
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“I asked them let me do the work. Now the [Punjab] Assembly has been dissolved. See what is happening now,” he added.
Separately, in an audio conversation, which went viral on the social media, the former CM was heard using abusive language against Fawad Chaudhry for being an advocate of the dissolution of Punjab Assembly.
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However, taking to Twitter, Parvez Elahi tendered apology for his remarks about Fawad Chaudhry, and said he had old ties with the family of Fawad.
آج تقریر کے دوران پی ٹی آئی رہنما فواد چودھری کے متعلق جو گفتگو ہوئی اس پر معذرت خواہ ہوں. فواد چودھری کی پوری فیملی سے ہمارے دیرینہ تعلقات ہیں. میرے بیان سے ان کی فیملی کو دکھ پہنچا جس پر میں ان سے معذرت خواہ ہوں
— Ch Parvez Elahi (@ChParvezElahi) January 26, 2023
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