President Asif Ali Zardari forced me to grant diplomatic immunity to Raymond Davis, says Shah Mehmood Qureshi

The Pakistani former foreign minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, has revealed that he resigned from the position of foreign minister after President Asif Ali Zardari forced him to grant diplomatic immunity to US National Raymond Davis.

While talking to the media at the Multan airport, he revealed that Davis’ incident took place on January 27 and he resigned in the presence of President Zardari and Prime Misiter Yousaf Raza Gilani on January 30.

Following his resignation from Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), the former foreign minister has been facing serious criticism from his former party. However, Qureshi has responded smoothly to all the criticism.

“Some PPP leaders got emotional and also spoke about me and Zia ul Haq. They should not forget that it was under a military dictator that Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani took oath as railways minister”, he asserted.

The former foreign minister then went on to reveal that the PPP people think that they are smarter than Benazir. “Their political vision is not even equal to her shoes”, he added.

Qureshi further said that he had supported Mr. Nawaz Sharif, Muslim League-N chairman, in the past and he still maintains good relations with the former Prime Minister.

“I met him in the past and will meet him tomorrow if he asks me to”, he said.

Many expect that Qureshi would be joining Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the coming days. When asked about joining PTI, he calmly replied that he would announce his political plans at a rally in Ghotki on November 27.

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Posted by Haris Ansari on Nov 16 2011. Filed under Latest News, Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry