Fawad Chaudhry denies rifts in PTI

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry denied on Sunday that there are internal rifts within the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). 

“Neither is there any rift within the party nor is the government going anywhere,” he said in a tweet, adding there is a consensus among them that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s success is a must for the democratic set-up in the country.

The minister said, “Take a look around, where do the countries that got independence along with us stand? [you] will realise what did [Pakistan] lose out or accomplished over this period?”

In another tweet, he said civil institutions have fallen into ruins. Upon assessment of any institution, he said, one will get to know how these institutions have been marred by nepotism, favouritism and setting aside merit.

“There is no hope of these institutions getting better over next one or two years,” he said, adding that the prime minister got a broken system but he is trying to fix it.

سول ادارے مکمل تباہ ہیں، جس ادارے کا جائزہ لیں پتا چلےگا اقربا پروری، سفارش اور میرٹ کے اصولوں کو بالائے طاق رکھ کر ان اداروں سے کھلواڑ کیا گیا،ایک دو سالوں میں ان اداروں میں بہتری کی کوئ توقع نہیں، وزیر اعظم کو ایک ریزہ ریزہ نظام ملا ہے وہ اس نظام کو کھڑا کرنے کی کوشش کر رہے ہیں

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) June 2, 2019

A day earlier his statement regarding the government’s decision-making process and an alleged cold war among elected and non-elected members made the headlines.

Mr Chaudhry had tweeted, “Our [government’s] political decision-making is weak. At times, some key decisions are taken and we don’t even know.”