Only cure for an ‘arrogant and stubborn’ man’s illness is to oust his govt through the legal process: Shehbaz

ISLAMABAD, April 01 (SABAH): Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Mian Muhammad Shabaz Sharif censured Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying his “defeat was imminent” on Sunday — when the lower house is scheduled to vote on the no-confidence motion against the premier.

In a press conference, the Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif said the only cure for an “arrogant and stubborn” man’s illness is to oust his government through the legal process — a no-confidence motion.

Shahbaz Sharif, responding to the prime minister’s allegations of a “foreign power” threatening to oust his government, said: “I do not speak on assumptions. I speak on solid evidence.”

Talking about PM Imran Khan’s address to the nation held a day earlier where he lashed out at the Opposition for “conspiring with foreign powers”, Shahbaz Sharif said he does not listen to the premier’s speeches as he had made “abusive language” the order of the day.

But Shahbaz Sharif noted that since he is the Opposition leader, he receives information from several sources about what an important personality has said.

“Have you no shame?” Shahbaz said in response to the prime minister’s almost 45-minute long speech. The Opposition leader said during the PML-N’s government, Nawaz Sharif condemned drone attacks on every forum.

In his address to the nation, the premier had claimed that he was the first politician to raise his voice against drone attacks and that no other politician had done it before him.

“His narrative of accountability has been shattered […] in the name of accountability, he took the worst political revenge against political opponents,” he added.

According to a private TV channel, during the press conference, PML-N supreme Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif telephoned Shahbaz, where, the former prime minister wanted to discuss the current political developments with his brother.

But cutting the call short, Shahbaz told Nawaz that he was in the middle of a press conference and would talk to him later. “I am in a press conference we are in consultation with our allies,” he said.