Fawad takes U-Turn on Punjab MPAs salaries after PM Imran?s tweet

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry has to face embarrassment for initially defending Punjab Assembly’s decision to raise salaries of lawmakers and later criticizing it for not being in line with  PTI policy . The minister apparently changed his stance after Prime Minister Imran Khan said the Punjab Assembly’s decision was not justified, citing country’s economic situation.The minister while speaking at the a lawyers’ event supported the Punjab Assembly’s decision by arguing that politicians belonging to middle class would not think of contesting elections if salaries are not increased. He said he in his views salaries of the lawmakers were low.But when the prime minister sent out a tweet to criticize the Punjab Assembly’s decision, the minister too thought it appropriate to correct his course. He said the move was tantamount to ridiculing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s policy..But when the prime minister sent out a tweet to criticize the Punjab Assembly’s decision, the minister too thought it appropriate to correct his course. He said the move was tantamount to ridiculing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s policy.

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