ANP's Aimal apologises to Shahbaz over Senate speech

Awami National Party (ANP) Senator Aimal Wali Khan has said that he has apologised to Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif after the latter provided him with a clarification on the questions he had earlier raised during a Senate speech regarding a presumed rare earth mineral deal with the US.

- Tariq Butt

In a post on X, he said the premier had invited him for a meeting after his speech in the upper House of Parliament, and during the conversation, he told him: "If I can criticise openly, I also have the courage to apologise if I make a mistake."

He added that he had told the premier that if he was wrong in his presumptions about the deal, "I apologise."