Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Saturday revealed that it was “100% Prime Minister Imran Khan’s decision” to send former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to London for his medical treatment.
Talking to a private news channel, Asad Umar said that he was present in a meeting conducted by the premier, which held discussions on whether or not to allow Nawaz to travel for treatment abroad. He further said that there were six to eight other PTI members present in the meeting.
“This was first discussed in a cabinet meeting,” he said, adding that the decision was entirely made by the prime minister and the premier did not say that the decision was not his.
He further said the party’s senior leadership attended the meeting, but everyone held a different opinion.
According to Asad Umar, Imran Khan said that the medical reports on which the decision was made “turned out to be false”.
Asad Umar also said that the Sindh government was responsible for providing security to the Green Line bus service in Karachi.
He said the federal government had started that the bus service to provide quality transport facility to the people of the province.
He said Sindh government should take stern action against those who attacked the Green Line buses and give them exemplary punishment in order to stop such incidents from happening in the future.
