AC Sialkot controversy: Dr Firdous Awan says public representatives are answerable to the masses
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Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan addressing a press conference. PID/File
LAHORE: Reacting to yesterday s episode in which she scolded the Assistant Commissioner Sialkot Sonia Sadaf, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan defended her actions, saying public representatives were answerable to the masses.
The Punjab chief minister s advisor spoke on the incident, saying that the attitude by the assistant commissioner was disappointing. She said Chief Minister Usman Buzdar had asked for a report to be submitted on the matter, adding that he had also expressed displeasure over the public having to stand in long queues to buy sugar.
SIALKOT: Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab for Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan admonished Assistant Commissioner Sialkot Sonia Sadaf after seeing rotten fruit at a Ramazan bazaar on.
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Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Sunday reprimanded Assistant Commissioner Sialkot Sonia Sadaf for failing to control the sale of substandard items in Ramadan bazaars.
During her visit to the Ramdan bazaars, Dr Awan scolded and shouted at the Assistant Commissioner Sonia Sadaf in presence of the public and other officials. Firdous Ashiq Awan took stern notice of the sale of substandard goods and told AC Sialkot that it was her duty to check the quality of the goods.
During her visit, she said that Ramadan bazaars have been set up by the government, it cannot be given in the hands of such thugs adding that the government is responsible here.
SIALKOT: Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab for Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan admonished Assistant Commissioner Sialkot Sonia Sadaf after seeing rotten fruit at a Ramazan bazaar on.
Watch: AC Sialkot Sonia Sadaf s response to Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan
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This is not the proper way to talk, Sadaf says after the incident.
Dr Firdous Awan had chided the Sialkot assistant commissioner over third class food items being sold in a Ramadan bazaar.
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A heated exchange between Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan and Assistant Commissioner Sialkot Sonia Sadaf went viral on social media a day earlier, in which the former can be seen shouting at the latter.
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The incident took place when the special assistant to the Punjab chief minister was visiting a Ramadan bazaar in the city. Awan was vexed at the assistant commissioner after a few buyers complained of the substandard quality of food being sold at the stalls and the administration s lack of action over the matter.