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Sheikh Rashid sets deadline for Shehbaz Sharif to resign as PAC Chairman

February 08, 2019

ISLAMABAD, Feb 08 (INP): Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday set an eight-day deadline for National Assembly Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif to resign as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Rashid stressed that Shehbaz Sharif was not acceptable in the PAC. “I have informed Prime Minister Imran Khan that Shehbaz Sharif is not acceptable to me as Public Accounts Committee chairman.” He added that Sharif was trying to bargain in his position and a bargain would not be acceptable. “They are here on a picnic. Giving interviews and getting their pictures taken. Speaker Sab you have done the wrong thing,” Rashid said referring to Sharif’s appointment as PAC chairman.