Pakistan, First Published Apr 3, 2022, 6:07 AM IST
Pakistan: The future of the Imran Khan government is known today. The no-confidence motion brought by the opposition will be put to a vote today. The main agenda of the National Assembly meeting to be convened at 11.30 am is the discussion and vote on the no-confidence motion. The future of the Imran government is in the balance as two factions in the government split. If nothing dramatic had happened, Imran’s minority government would have collapsed today. Imran reiterated that there was a foreign conspiracy to overthrow his government and called on the people of Pakistan to protest. The protest was called in a TV address yesterday evening. Security has been beefed up in the capital Islamabad and other major cities. Punjab Chief Ministerial elections will be held today
‘Life is in danger, there is no fear’, Imran Khan ahead of the no-confidence motion
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has said his life is in danger. He was speaking to the media ahead of the no-confidence motion. Imran Khan said he had received information from a reliable source that his life was in danger but he was not afraid. Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the struggle for a free and democratic Pakistan will continue.
The no-confidence motion is being tabled in the National Assembly today. The army has given him three chances. Either a no-confidence vote, an early election or the resignation of the Prime Minister. Not only was his life in danger, he said, but his character would be assassinated by the opposition playing into foreign hands.
“Let my country know that my life is in danger. They have planned my assassination, not just mine, but my wife’s,” said Imran Khan, 69. Asked what options the opposition had given him, Khan said he did not want to talk to people like opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif.
“If we (the no-confidence vote) survive, early elections are the best option and I urge my country to give me a simple majority,” he said.
Describing the opposition’s no-confidence motion as a conspiracy, Khan said he had been aware of it since August last year and had received reports that some opposition leaders were visiting embassies. Khan said people like Hussein Haqqani had met Nawaz Sharif in London.
In a televised address on March 31, Khan reiterated that a foreign country was not only opposed to his term as prime minister, but also demanded that he be ousted by a no-confidence vote. According to ARY News, Khan said that his foreign policy was opposed by a foreign country.
It not only demanded a change of government, but also made it clear that the Prime Minister should be removed from office. Earlier, Pakistan’s Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry had said that the country’s security agencies had reported a plot to assassinate Imran Khan ahead of Sunday’s no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister. Following these reports, the Dawn newspaper quoted Chaudhry as saying that Imran Khan’s security had been beefed up following a government decision.
Last Updated Apr 3, 2022, 6:07 AM IST