Asad Umar, Shah Mahmood Qureshi deny demanding Fawad Chaudhry' resignation.

ISLAMABAD -- Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Thursday denied reports attributed to them that they had demanded the resignation of Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry, media reported.

'A private TV falsely attributed a report to me claiming that I have demanded the resignation of Fawad Chaudhry,' he said while declaring it a fake and unsubstantiated news item.

While talking exclusively with media, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that he had never issued a statement demanding the resignation of Fawad Chaudhry.

Those who attributed these remarks to me should prove it, he said while claiming that he never uttered such words. Either they prove it or withdraw the remarks attributed to me, he said.

'There is no anarchy within the party and neither it will be in future,' he said adding that they are united under the leadership of Imran Khan.

Moreover, Asad Umar also denied demanding the resignation of Fawad Chaudhry over the interview row and said that he denies all such reports.

'Media reports quoted that we sit together yesterday to resolve our differences which is not true instead, both, Fawad Chaudhry and Usman Dar, visited me to discuss Kamyab Jawan programme,' he said.

Asad Umar further rejected claims made by Fawad Chaudhry that both, he and Jahangir Tareen, had played their roles in expelling each other from the incumbent government.

'I had resigned on the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan,' he said.

It is pertinent to be mention here that Fawad Chaudhry...

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