Ex-CM Punjab Sardar Usman Ahmed Khan Buzdar announces to quits politics

QUETTA, June 02 (SABAH):  Former Punjab chief minister Sardar Usman Ahmed Khan Buzdar is the latest Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader to have quit politics.

Addressing a presser at the Quetta Press Club on Friday, Usman Buzdar said he condemned the May 9 violence and he requested all stakeholders to exit their parties and think for the better future of Pakistan.

Usman Buzdar further said the military installations which were targeted were properties of the state of Pakistan and, “I believe we should avoid such incidents”. He asserted that he was and would always stand by the Pakistan Army.Usman  Buzdar urged relief for all the “innocent citizens” in jails and called for their immediate release.

Usman Buzdar told reporters that he served Punjab for about three years and seven months and that he always promoted the politics of nobility. He said he had been facing multiple cases for the last 14 months or so. 

“I am resigning from the PTI and have also decided to quit politics,” the former chief minister maintained.

Responding to a question, the former chief minister stated that he requests higher authorities to release “innocent people” who have been arrested.

Usman Buzdar is currently facing a NAB inquiry into corruption cases. He was replaced as the Punjab chief minister by Chaudhry Parvez Elahi during the last days of the PTI government in Punjab.

Meanwhile former MNA Muhammad Yaqoob Sheikh from Dera Ismail Khan on Friday bid farewell to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) following the events that transpired on May 9. In a video message from abroad, Yaqoob Sheikh said, “I strongly condemn the May 9 riots. The army is our red line.” Yaqoob Sheikh was elected MNA after defeating the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman in NA-39 Dera Ismail Khan.