Published 14:31 IST, March 13th 2022
Imran Khan compares Pakistan Army with 'animals' for not backing him before trust vote
Amid chaos in the Pakistan Government where a no-confidence motion has been submitted against PM Imran Khan, Pakistan's Army has chosen to remain neutral
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Slamming Pakistan Army's 'neutrality' and refusal to back him and his PTI in face of no-confidence motion Opposition has proposed against him, country's Prime Minister Imran Khan said "Allah didn't allow us to be neutral as only animals are neutral".
dressing a public garing at Dir Scouts ground in Balambat area of Lower Dir district on Friday, March 10, Imran Khan also ded that Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa asked him not to call Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman ‘diesel’ but went on to do it anyway.
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Days after a no-confidence motion was submitted against Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, he h showered confidence in Army being on his side. However, Pakistani Army pulled carpet out from under his feet and said that it doesn’t want to be dragged into politics.
In his speech, PM also slammed three party leers - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan Peoples Party co-chair Zardari, and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) chief Rehman, who have joined forces to file a no-trust motion against him, citing government’s inability to control inflation, which has harmed ordinary people.
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Listen to PM's remarks as posted by Pakistan media:
No-confidence motion against Imran Khan
On Tuesday, Pakistan Opposition submitted a no-trust motion against Imran Khan with country's National Assembly secretariat. Reportedly, document was signed by more than 100 lawmakers even as only 68 members, i.e 20% of total House strength of 342 were required to sign motion. As per rules of procedure, an emergency Assembly session will have to be convened by March 22 and vote will have to be held between March 26-30.
As Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has only 155 members in 342-member National Assembly, government's survival depends on support of allies such as MQM-P (7 seats), BAP (5 seats), PML(Q) (5 seats), GDA (3 seats), AML (1 seat), JWP (1 seat) and 2 Independents.
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On or hand, opposition has a total of 162 seats - 10 short of 172 required to topple Imran Khan's government. While opposition is short of numbers at present, it has reached out to both PML(Q) as well as MQM-P.
14:11 IST, March 13th 2022