Amid Maryam-Salik row, Azma challenges federal minister to quit
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In Lahore, the ongoing conflict between PML-N and PML-Q leaders escalated when Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari demanded that Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Chaudhry Salik Hussain resign from his ministerial position. Salik had previously accused Maryam Nawaz's administration of corruption and requested development funds from it, despite the PML-Q holding two ministerial positions in the ruling coalition.
Salik claimed that Bokhari's verbal attacks on him disrupted his attempts to reconcile with the federal cabinet. She accused him of hypocrisy for criticizing her while seeking funds from the same government and launching a defamation suit against her. Salik responded by accusing Bokhari of undermining his efforts to mend fences through federal cabinet allies and vowed to contest the Rs5 billion defamation case she filed against him.
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