Naqvi tells Senate Iran visit was PM crisis assignment
Speaking in the Senate, the interior minister said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sent him to Iran on crisis-related duties and denied any defence-pact talks.
Mohsin Naqvi told the Senate his recent Iran visit was a special assignment from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to help manage a regional crisis.
He said the trip was not meant to negotiate a defence agreement and that its purpose had been misrepresented in the House.
Responding to Senator Ali Zafar, he claimed Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam members had earlier asked the government to impose Governor’s Rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
He said he respected Maulana Fazlur Rehman but had not answered weeks of JUI criticism, and also criticised some PTI members over their dealings with the state.