Opposition parties deliberating on tabling a no-confidence motion against PM Imran Khan: Marriyum Aurangzeb
ISLAMABAD, Feb 11 (SABAH): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb on Friday said opposition parties were deliberating on tabling a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, adding that the nation would “soon hear good news” in this regard.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad along with former federal minister Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, Marriyum Aurangzeb admitted that PML-N Qauid and former prime minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif was initially not in favour of a no-confidence move against the government. But, she said, “party members pressed him that people’s wishes ought to be listened to as it is the only way to steer the country out of crisis.”
Marriyum Aurangzeb also commented on the awards distributed by the premier among the best performing federal ministries. She said the ceremony showed that ministries that were mandated to provide relief to the masses had “failed miserably” as they were not among those recognised by PM Imran. “Ministries including health, defence, foreign affairs, economy and law have all failed,” she said.
The PML-N spokesperson also lashed out at the prime minister for allegedly using state machinery to put party President Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif behind bars.
She said that PM Imran Khan had recently appointed a new head of the Asset Recovery Unit, previously headed by former aide Mirza Shahzad Akbar, and tasked him with imprisoning Shehbaz within a few weeks.
“I want to tell the Federal Investigation Agency officers and other law enforcement personnel to learn from Shahzad Akbar’s case and listen to their conscience,” she said, referring to the controversy around Akbar’s resignation.
She said billions of rupees had been squandered in the name of the government’s anti-corruption drive which had yielded no results. “Had this amount been spent on the welfare of the masses, the people would not be suffering due to inflation,” she said.
Calling PM Imran Khan’s advisers “rented aides”, the PML-N leader said advisers who were singing his praises would disappear once the prime minister was removed from power.
She said that the government had utilised all its resources to imprison Shehbaz, but the opposition leader had been given a clean chit in all the cases against him.
She went on to say that the government was attempting to portray the court fixing the date for Shehbaz and his son’s indictment in the money laundering case as if the charges against the opposition leader had been proven.
“It means the court is asking the prosecution to furnish more evidence as the current evidence is insufficient. This is actually the first step of a trial,” she said, adding that the party had gone through similar indictments in other cases and later secured bails.
Marriyum Aurangzeb said the entire narrative of the PTI government regarding corruption had been exposed, predicting that it would result in more embarrassment for the prime minister in the future.