Sherry Rehman says the days of this govt, which has an artificial majority, are numbered

ISLAMABAD, Mar 12 (SABAH): Parliamentary Leader of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in Senate and Chairperson Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Sherry Rehman  hit out at Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday and accused him of pushing the country towards a crisis in his attempts to avoid the joint opposition’s no-confidence resolution against him.

“His plan to avoid no-trust motion is pushing the country towards tension and constitutional crisis. In his confusion, he is using wrong language and making plans.

“The days of this government, which has an artificial majority, are numbered,” the senator said. She also took the PM to task for the language he used against the opposition in a scathing attack while addressing a gathering in Lower Dir on Friday. Rehman said the premier’s speech showed he was ready for a confrontation with everyone. She said the tone and language he was using was “shocking”.

The senator also criticised the prime minister for his comments on “neutrality”. “Humans either side with good or evil. Only animals remain neutral,” the PM had said during his address in Lower Dir.

Sherry Rehman said the government would have been in an uproar if the opposition had interpreted the concept of neutrality in such a manner. “The government has been saying for three and a half years that institutions are neutral. The prime minister himself says he is not part of any bloc and is neutral. He claims to have introduced a neutral umpire in cricket.

“Now he says only animals are neutral. The prime minister had earlier said that the no-confidence motion was a global conspiracy against him and now he says that his prayer has been answered,” she said. The senator quipped that taking a “U-turn” from his stances had become a part of the premier’s global identity.