Former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday said that only his party has a political university whose students are even sitting in the government.
Addressing the National Assembly ahead of no-confidence vote against PM Imran Khan, the PPP co-chairman urged NA Speaker Asad Qaiser to start voting on the no-confidence motion against the prime minister to take country and the assembly out of political uncertainty.
“Only PPP has a political university whose students are sitting there
(in the government) and they will soon return,” said Zardari.
Speaking on the floor of NA, Leader of the Opposition in the National
Assembly Shehbaz Sharif hailed Thursday as a historic day in the
country’s history when the Supreme Court rejected the deputy speaker’s
ruling.
“SC decision had made Pakistan’s future bright,” he said and urged the
speaker to conduct the session as per the order of the apex court as its
directions were clear.
Responding to Shehbaz, Asad Qaiser assured the opposition leader that he
would conduct proceedings according to the law and the Constitution.
“The foreign conspiracy against PM Imran-led PTI govt should also be
discussed in today’s NA session,” the speaker said while interrupting
the opposition leader.
This prompted PML-N leader Shehbaz Sharif to tell the speaker that he
would be violating the court’s directives by delaying voting in no-trust
motion. Asad Qaiser again assured that SC’s orders will be followed in
true letter and spirit.
After Shehbaz’s speech, Speaker Asad Qaiser handed over the floor to
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
The foreign minister began his speech by acknowledging that the joint
opposition had the right to table a no-trust motion against the prime
minister. “Defending no-trust motion against the prime minister is our
obligation.”
Qureshi said the treasury benches intend to fight the no-trust motion in
a constitutional, political and democratic manner. Qureshi said that
Pakistan’s history is full of Constitutional violations and on October
12, 1999, the Constitution was blatantly violated.
The foreign minister reiterated that the opposition had been demanding
fresh elections for the last four years; and when PM Imran Khan
suggested that people should decide the country’s fate, the opposition
started staging drama and running away from general elections.
Qureshi was of the view that the cable was presented before National
Security Committee (NSC) and the meeting concluded that it was a
sensitive matter.
