Khan is facing his toughest political test since taking office in 2018.
Islamabad, Pakistan’s opposition parties have resolved to topple the government led by Prime Minister Imran Khan. Khan is facing his toughest political test since taking office in 2018. The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), which includes the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-I) and other parties, organized a massive rally on the Srinagar highway in Islamabad on Monday night. .
Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz and Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and other PDMs who started the rally from Lahore on March 26 Arrived in Islamabad to join the supporters of the parties. Maryam, daughter of three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, criticized the incumbent Prime Minister Khan for using a religious card to save her shaky throne.
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At a rally organized a day after Prime Minister Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party organized a massive rally in support of her here, Maryam said, “I challenge you to vote on the no-confidence motion. Bring 172 MPs with you.”
He accused Khan of sidelining his most trusted Buzdar to save his seat after the government decided to hand over the post to Chowdhary Pervez Elahi in place of Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar to gain the support of the Pakistan Muslim League-Qaida Party. Put it.
Maryam said, “You pushed your most trusted man (Bujdar) into the well to save your power. We have never seen such a favored person in our entire life.” He also said that Khan has claimed a foreign conspiracy to remove him from power. Maryam blamed Khan for showing a fake letter at the rally a day earlier. He said Khan has lost the confidence of the people, which is proved by the ruling party’s defeat in 15 out of 16 by-elections in recent months.
Several other PDM leaders also addressed the gathering and they also announced to convert their rally into a dharna and said that their workers would camp till the no-confidence motion is voted on. Khan, 69, is heading a coalition government and his government may collapse if some of the allies decide to pull out of the coalition. The PTI has 155 members in Pakistan’s 342-member National Assembly and needs the support of at least 172 lawmakers to remain in power.
The opposition submitted a no-confidence motion to the National Assembly on March 8. A rally was organized in view of this proposal. Voting on the proposal will take place between March 31 and April 3. Khan came to power in 2018 with a promise to create a ‘Naya Pakistan’ but miserably failed to address the fundamental problem of keeping commodity prices under check, giving the opposition an opportunity to attack his government.( agency)