LAHORE:
Awami Muslim League head Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Friday it was tragic that the federal government had not condemned his off-loading from a Canada-bound plane.
He said that the government should have summoned the Canadian high commissioner and demanded an explanation on why a dignitary was removed from the plane.
Members of Provincial Assembly Khawaja Imran Nazir and Mian Shahbaz Ahmed said Rashid should resign from the National Assembly.
They said he had been a minister under a dictator (General Musharraf) for years and lacked political credibility.
They said he was one of the few people who had objected to public welfare projects.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 29th, 2014.