We should make effort for tabling no-confidence motion against PM & certainly no-confidence motion will succeed: Maryam Nawaz
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10 (SABAH): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz Sharif said Thursday Prime Minister Imran Khan is turning his guns on the Opposition as he is aware that his party’s lawmakers are “ready to jump ship” because of his “failures”. She said that the situation has changed and we should make effort for tabling no-confidence motion against prime minister and certainly no-confidence motion will succeed.
Speaking to journalists outside the Islamabad High Court (IHC), Maryam Nawaz said the prime minister was not “tenable” for anyone anymore, as she claimed the premier was aware that his “ship is in the storm”.
Maryam Nawaz said the government’s members of national and provincial assemblies and allies would not be able to ask their constituents for votes in the next elections after the “failures” of the prime minister. “There is unrest in the country; terrorism is on the rise once again I want to tell the PTI MPAs and MNAs: stop supporting the government,” the PML-N leader said.
“It’s my honest opinion: wear a helmet whenever you go to meet the people,” Maryam told PM Imran Khan, adding: “People will collar you, so be careful from now on.”
Maryam Nawaz said that at first PML-N, supremo Mian Muhamamd Nawaz Sharif did not favour moving a no-confidence motion against PM Imran Khan. But, according to her, the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) convinced him to listen to people’s demands.
The PML-N leader said the masses also demand the prime minister’s ouster. “Nawaz heard people’s voice and backed the no-confidence motion,” she stated.
Speaking about the PML-N supremo’s travel plans, she said Nawaz cannot come back to the country due to medical reasons. The PML-N leader claimed several sectors had witnessed more than a 500, 600 and even 700% increase in inflation, but the prime minister had announced a mere 15% increase in the salaries of government employees.
She added that first the Opposition would move a no-confidence motion and the future plans of who would become the prime minister would be decided later.
To a question about contact with disgruntled PTI leader Sardar Jahangir Khan Tareen, Maryam said: “Do you want me to answer everything today?”
Earlier in the day, Maryam Nawaz along with her husband Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar appeared before IHC for hearing on pleas against her sentence in Avenfield reference. Two member bench of the IHC headed by Justice Aamer Farooq and comprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani conducted hearing on the appeals.
During the proceedings, Maryam Nawaz’s lawyer Irfan Qadir Advocate argued that how can National Accountability Bureau (NAB) file a reference when it had not carried out any investigation. Justice Aamer Farooq said that we need to first analyse whether there are enough evidence or testimonies against the accused.
PML-N leaders Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Murtaza Javed Abbasi, Mian Javed Latif, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Parvez Rashid, Hina Parvez Butt, Azma Zahid Bukhari, Sania Ashiq Jabeen, Mirza Muhammad Javed, Bilal Kayani and other leaders were also present on the occasion.