No-confidence motion
\n\u201cI am not like those who have five seats and blackmail premier to assume the CM\u2019s office,\u201d Sheikh Rasheed says
\nislamabad
\nInterior Minister Sheikh Rasheed and Minister for Water Resources Moonis Elahi Saturday came face-to-face as the political tensions in the country are on the rise following the joint Opposition\u2019s no-confidence move.
\nThe development came after the interior minister told journalists in Quetta that he isn\u2019t among those allies who \u201cblackmail\u201d Prime Minister Imran Khan for getting the top slot in Punjab.
\n\u201cI am not like those who have five seats and blackmail the premier to assume the chief minister\u2019s office,\u201d the interior minister said in an apparent reference to PML-Q leaders \u2014 who have reportedly demanded to de-seat CM Punjab Usman Buzdar.
\nRasheed said that in the face of the no-confidence motion, he would be standing firm \u201clike a wall\u201d to defend the prime minister. \u201cI am not responsible for others.\u201d
\nThe interior minister added that the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) was \u201cfully\u201d behind PM Imran Khan, as he warned the Opposition that if the law and order situation moves towards deterioration, the army could be called in for restoring peace.
\nMoois Elhai\u2019s response
\nThe political activities have rapidly increased in the country, with the Opposition holding repeated meetings with government allies to support their no-trust motion. Meanwhile, the PTI is wooing its allies in a bid to foil the no-confidence motion.
\nAlthough the PML-Q \u2014 an ally of the PTI in Punjab and the Centre \u2014 has not announced its decision of supporting the government yet, Rasheed\u2019s statement today drew ire from a party leader.
\nIn a statement, Elahi said he respected the interior minister but asked Rasheed not to forget his past.
\n\u201cSheikh Rasheed might have forgotten that the leaders of [PML-Q] today are the ones who used to give money to him while he was a student,\u201d the federal minister added.
\nBAP responds
\nIn response to the interior minister\u2019s comments, BAP President Jam Kamal Khan said: \u201cBalochistan Awami Party takes its own decision, not Sheikh Rashid.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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