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ISLAMABAD - The central
leadership of PPP has decided not to take any
immediate disciplinary action against former Foreign
Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who according to a
senior party leader, was continuously violating the
party discipline after not getting same portfolio in
truncate Federal Cabinet.
Sources in the party
informed The Nation that the matter of Shah Mahmood
Qureshi came up for detailed discussion between
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed
Yousuf Raza Gilani’s meeting and it was the
unanimous view of the leadership not to show any
immediate reaction to his utterance against the
party leadership and its policies.
Sources further
informed that he could be served with show-cause on
his violation of the party discipline at some later
stage.
However, he has
definitely lost the respect and trust he used to
enjoy in the eyes of the party Co-Chairman and
President Asif Ali Zardari and his position in the
party would now be among the disgruntled lot like Ms
Naheed Khan, Senator Safdar Abbassi, Ch. Aitzaz
Ahsan and many others who had lost their pivotal
position in the party, the sources added.
To a question, a
senior party leader close to party Co-Chairman Asif
Ali Zardari on condition of anonymity said that
there was no plan to oust Shah Mahmood Qureshi from
the party but confirmed that he would definitely be
losing his past position in the party for blatant
and continuous violation of the party discipline.
Sources in the party
informed that the position taken by Shah Mahmood
Qureshi on the Raymand Davis issue was unwarranted
as the decision on granting of diplomatic immunity
or not would be based on the documents available
with the Foreign Ministry and Government had already
taken a position that as the matter is in the court
of law so court decision on the subject would be
followed.
In this backdrop, the statement of
Shah Mahmood Qureshi was just to create confusion
and to malign the government of attempting to grant
immunity to Raymond Davis under cover, they said.
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