Akram Durrani blames political rivals for attack on him

BANNU: Federal Minister for Housing and Works Akram Khan Durrani on Friday alleged that his political rivals instead of the militants were behind the attack on him on Thursday.
Speaking at a press conference here, he said that those people who had attacked the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) candidate for the PK-72 Bannu constituency, Syed Hamid Shah were behind the attack on him. He alleged that a special assistant to the chief minister and his brother were involved in suspicious activities.
The federal minister said the intelligence agencies had advised him not to attend the public meeting in Frontier Region Bakkakhel for security reasons. “I attended the public meeting on the insistence of a cousin of the special assistant to the chief minister,” he added.
Akram Durrani, who belongs emissions was minuscule – roughly 0.8% of global GHG emissions. On the basis of per capita GHG emissions, the country stands at 135th in the world.
“However, Pakistan is frequently exposed to extreme weather and climate change induced events such as droughts, sea level rise, floods, landslides, recession of glaciers and glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) and cyclone activity,” he said.
Zahid Hamid said, “We are going to Paris with a very positive and open mind to engage in the development of a globally responsive climate governance framework to save the future of earth and the life on it.”