In parliamentary democracy coalition govts are very weak, says former PM
Islamabad
Former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan has said that it has become inevitable to govern the country in an “unprecedented way” to deal with the prevailing economic crisis.
“We have to take those steps that have not been taken ever due to public pressure and other reasons… in parliamentary democracy, coalition governments are very weak,” he said in an interactive session with interactive Zoom session with digital broadcasters and economic analysts on Tuesday.
Imran said taking “big and bold decisions” are need of the hour to stabilise the country’s economy particularly to stop the bleeding of public sector enterprises.
Since being ousted from power in April this year, Imran has time and again called upon the PML-N-led government to dissolve assemblies and hold transparent polls to save the country from “economic collapse”.
A day earlier, the PTI chief encouraged his party leaders and supporters to threaten back those threatening them from unknown numbers.
Invoking the mysterious figures of ‘Mr X’ and ‘Mr Y’, the PTI chief urged the party activists to smash “the idol of fear” and combat their threats with similar threats.
He said those trying to intimidate party cadres through calls from secret numbers will now be dealt with similar tactics.
“Break the idol of fear, this call that comes from an anonymous number to threaten. Give it back to them. They give threats, return those threats,” the ousted premier roared.
He also questioned on the Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) decision of rebutting his statement about the army chief’s appointment, saying the DG ISPR should have at least understood what he said and what it meant.
In his speech at a public rally in Punjab’s Chakwal city, Imran said that he wanted the army chief’s appointment on merit, saying he had said that ex-premier Nawaz Sharif and ex-president Asif Ali Zardari could never do selection on merit as they were not even familiar with the concept of merit and can’t see beyond their families.
