Bilawal, Shehbaz and Fazl announce staging sit-in in NA if session didn\u2019t begin with no-confidence motion
\n Islamabad
\nPML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday threatened to block Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) conference, scheduled to take place on March 22-23 in Islamabad, if no-trust vote against Prime Minister Imran Khan is delayed by the National Assembly speaker.
\n\u201cWe want Monday\u2019s session to start with no-confidence motion but if it is not summoned by Monday then we will stage a sit-in the house… we will then see how you will be able to organise the OIC conference,\u201d Bilawal said at a joint press conference, held following a meeting of the opposition leaders at Shehbaz\u2019s residence in Islamabad.
\nHe urged to NA Speaker Asad Qaiser not to become a \u201cworker of PTI\u201d, asking him to think about the country and OIC conference first. \u201cIf the speaker doesn\u2019t change his undemocratic behaviour, I will convince the entire opposition… we want the OIC moot to go smoothly but it appears that the government doesn\u2019t want that to happen,\u201d he added.
\nBilawal said that the government doesn\u2019t want the opposition to remain peaceful as it first attacked Parliament Lodges and then attacked Sindh House in the federal capital.
\n\u201cImran Khan, after seeing his defeat, has started taking these undemocratic measures… I want to congratulate the masses as Imran Khan has lost the majority and his regime is over,\u201d he added.
\nSpeaking on the occasion, Shehbaz said the attack on Sindh House was in fact an attack on Pakistan. \u201cAll this is happening on the direction of Imran Niazi… the one who is confident of winning never fights… Imran Khan is ready to cross all limits to save his government,\u201d he added.
\nThe PML-N leader said that the opposition will only use constitutional means to make their no-trust motion successful, adding that the PTI allies have also turned their backs on the government.
\n\u201cThey (government allies) are saying that there is no horse-trading taking place and because of PTI government\u2019s incompetence, dissident lawmakers are finding it difficult to face people in their constituencies,\u201d he added.
\nThe leader of opposition in NA further said the speaker will not be mentioned positively in the history books and he will not be able to refer to people in his own constituency if he continues to attend PTI meetings and favouring the ruling party.
\nJUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who is also the president of Pakistan Democratic Alliance (PDM), said that PM Imran was using \u2018vulgar language\u2019 during his public gatherings.
\n\u201cWhen the members were being transported via a plane [to support the government] then the act was called the voice of conscience but now when the same members are voting against the government, they are being called mules,\u201d he added.
\nFazl said that not even a filthy person can use the vulgar language being used in political gatherings these days. \u201cOur destination is near… we will take this illegitimate and incompetent government to its end,\u201d he further said.
\nThe news conference was held a day after the ruling PTI lawmakers and workers stormed the Sindh House in Islamabad in protest against the dissident members of the ruling party, who were staying inside the building.
\nPTI National Assembly members (MNAs), Faheem Khan and Ataullah Niazi, along with a group of charged party workers entered the Sindh House, knocking down a gate and shouting slogans and holding Lotas (spouted globulars) in their hands to symbolise turncoats.
\nThe Sindh House came into focus this week, especially after Premier Imran and some of his ministers accused the opposition of indulging in horse-trading ahead of the crucial vote on the no-confidence motion. They said that the Sindh House had become a centre for buying lawmakers.
\nThe disgruntled PTI lawmakers, however, denied the allegation, when they appeared in footages aired by various TV channels on Friday. They said that they were staying in the Sindh House because of security concerns.
\nThe top leadership of PPP termed the attack \u201can act of terrorism\u201d, with its chief Bilawal saying: \u201cA well-planned attack on Sindh House is tantamount to an attack on Sindh.\u201d
\nThe PPP chairman questioned how the protesters crossed dozens of police checkpoints and reached the Sindh House in the capital\u2019s Red Zone. \u201cThe Sindh House is Sindh\u2019s identity in the federation. Imran Khan showed his real hatred by invading Sindh,\u201d Bilawal said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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