Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Saturday said that the opposition parties would not succeed in any move against the government as neither they had the required numbers nor the public support.
Addressing a press conference here, he said there was no possibility of tabling of a no-confidence move by the opposition parties as they were only giving time lines.
He said faces of the opposition leaders, particularly of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, were reflective of their depressing situation as they did not have anything in their pocket. The opposition parties were trying to create a political environment by staging marches and proposing a no-confidence move for a face-saving only, he added.
He said that the two major opposition parties, Pakistan People’s Party
and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had been reduced to regional
parties only, as the PPP had been limited to some divisions of Sindh
province while the PML-N confined to a few divisions of Punjab.
Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman led Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam had presence in some
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa areas, Fawad said adding that no other political
party was standing with them in no-confidence move. He expressed
gratitude to the ally parties for standing firmly with the Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Insaf government and said the opposition parties were not
sincere with each other and all of them were looking for protecting
their personal interests.
Ch Fawad said that the PTI government would welcome PPP Chairman Bilawal
Bhutto’s march in Rawalpindi and added that around 100 people, which
were the total strength of his march, would also be offered tea. He
advised Bilawal to realise that Pakistan was hosting Australian cricket
team in Rawalpindi after a long time and such a show (long march), led
by him, could have a negative impact at the international level.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was following an
independent and balanced foreign policy based on equal relations with
all major countries including the United States of America (USA) and
Russia, he said.
The minister said that Pakistan wanted good relations with all major
countries and it enjoyed good relations with the US also. He said the
Pakistan government, led by Imran Khan, had always declared that the use
of military was never a solution to any dispute and it had also spoke in
the United Nations that Russia-Ukraine dispute should be resolved
through dialogue and not through the use of force.
Fawad said that the opposition parties’ leaders, who owned
properties abroad, were particularly in a shock over prime minister’s
visit to Russia. He said Pakistan wanted that country’s looted wealth
stashed in foreign banks should be brought back and the government was
progressing on the matter swiftly.
He said the civil and military institutions were on the same page in the
country and the people of the country were standing behind the PTI
government. The government was devising pro-people policies as Prime
Minister Imran Khan had great feelings for masses to work for their
welfare, he added.
The minister said that the entire nation strongly condemned the Peshawar
blast and was standing united against such incidents. He said that
occurring of such incidents was very unfortunate, particularly when some
sports events were being held in the country.
He said that investigation into the Peshawar blast was under way and the
culprits would be traced out soon by the agencies.
He said that many cricket teams had received threatening tweets from
Indian soil during their Pakistan visit. Such conspiracies should be
avoided and the two countries should move forward while the Kashmir
dispute should also be resolved.
Fawad said that Prime Minister Imran Khan had emerged as a true
leader of the country as well as Muslim Ummah. He said Pakistan was
going to make a history again by holding the Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC) meeting on March 22. Besides the OIC, foreign
ministers of other important countries would also be present in the
country on Pakistan Day, March 23.
To a question, he said the purpose of making an amendment to Prevention
of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) was to check propaganda and stop
dissemination of hate material on the print, electronic and social
media
