Makhdoom Amin Fahim, Federal Minister of Commerce has said that despite the current political uncertainty, there is no possibility of change of the premiership in the country and the ruling party would complete its tenure.
While, talking with newsmen after the "6th Consumer Choice Award 2010" ceremony held in a local hotel here on Thursday, Amin Faheem made it clear that talks regarding his premiership after the Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani are only rumours and there is no truth in these talks. Yusuf Raza and Pakistan Peoples Party will complete its tenure, he said.
He had described the political situation in the wake of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) quitting the federal government and said that Maulana has only come out from government but will not support to demolish the democratic government. Amin Fahim said that consensus is already being developed between the two coalition partner MQM and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and President Asif Ali Zardari is directly talking with MQM to solve the matters between the two partners.
MQM is still a coalition partner of the ruling party and we are very hopeful that the ministers of MQM would continue their job," he added. However, he admitted that JUI-F has made it clear that they would not accept the ministries they have resigned earlier. Talking about recently emerge tense between Pakistan Muslim League (N) and MQM Amin Faheem, said that the representatives of both parties should not personalise the political matters and being responsible parties they, while raising a political issue, should not cross the line of morality and ethics.
In reply to query that whether he would be ready for investigation in the Benazir Bhutto's assassination case, the minister said that he would face any kind of interrogation/investigation as he did twice previously. He said that he had already interrogated by both the Scotland Yard team and United Nations Commission regarding the sad incident.
Talking about the trade performance of his ministry, he said, the ministry has successfully convinced the European Union (EU) about the additional autonomous trade preferences to Pakistan on at least 75 products including textile. The trade concession if approved by World Trade Organization (WTO) would help enhance the country's exports.
The minister, however, could not explain how to convince India which was apposing the draft waiver of WTO rules in the organisation submitted by EU. The EU had earlier submitted to the consideration of the Council for Trade in Goods of WTO a request for a "waiver from GATT Articles I and XIII," concerning the trade concession to Pakistan.
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