LONDON: Punjab Chief Minister Pervez Elahi’s political adviser Adeel Hussain Shah rejected as a blatant lie the claim by Syed Tasnim Haider that he got him appointed as Elahi’s political adviser.
Tasnim claimed recently that Nawaz Sharif and Nasir Butt in the presence of eight PML-N leaders made a murder plan against Imran Khan and Arshad Sharif and that he agreed to provide shooters to attack the former prime minister in Wazirabad and that Butt controlled Waqar Ahmad and Khurram Ahmad in Kenya.
Tasnim also claimed that Adeel (also known as Syed Adeel Abbas Shah) from Gujarat’s Moinuddin Pur Syedan was his cousin and it was on his recommendation that Elahi made him his political adviser.
Speaking at a press conference, the Punjab chief minister's ally Adeel and his nephew Syed Shujah Abbas Shah rejected every claim made about them by Tasnim and disassociated themselves from him.
“He (Tasnim Haider Shah) has spoken a blatant lie that he got me appointed as adviser to Chief Minister Punjab. He has been against Chaudhary brothers and he has alleged that the Chaudharies registered murder cases against him. How can he get me appointed as a political adviser?" said the CM's adviser.
Adeel said that Tasnim also lied when he claimed he was his cousin. “This...
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