Pervaiz, Nisar continue to trade harsh words

ISLAMABAD: Former information minister Pervaiz Rashid on Tuesday declared ex-interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan as a hypocrite saying that he contested an election without electoral symbol, 'lion' and badly faced defeat.

Harsh words continued to be exchanged between both as Pervaiz Rashid lashed out at Nisar over his recent remarks claiming that the DawnLeaks would expose the former information minister. Pervaiz Rashid said that he was actually a hypocrite who did things contrary to his statements.

Earlier, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan had censured Pervaiz Rashid by saying that a politician who did not contest for a councilor's election was acting as if he was the chief minister of the party. The former interior minister said that he did not deem it necessary to respond to ridiculous statements of any lawmaker.

Nisar said former premier Nawaz Sharif and Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi should order for release of the DawnLeaks report. He warned that actions of the lawmaker would be clear once the report was made public.

Earlier, Rasheed in his recent interview alleged that during the DawnLeaks scandal, someone wanted his ouster and Nisar wanted to win his approval. In response to the former information minister’s allegations Nisar said he did not seem it fit to respond to a man who was barely in the party.