Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday directed both federal minister to stop rhetorical statements against each other.

Prime Minister Gilani called to Federal Religious Affairs Minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi and Federal Minister for Science and Technology Muhammad Azam Khan Swati and directed them to stop rhetorical statements against each other.

Mr. Gilani also stopped Hamid Kazmi sending a defamation notice to Muhammad Azam Khan Swati.

Earlier, talking to Aaj News in Jeddah, Hamid Kazmi said that he would likely to send a legal notice of 100 million rupees to Azam Swati for leveling allegations against him.

Kazmi said that the allegations levelled by Swati are baseless. The minister stated that these allegations are conspiracy against him.