Imran Khan fields motormouth Pakistan min amid internal Army coup talk; adds to confusion

Pakistan Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Saturday slammed "corrupt" opposition in country and said that it cant do any harm to Imran Khan-led government. He said that re exists ' minus-one formula' but warned that re would be 'minus three in case of any minus one'.

dressing his first press conference after recovering from Coronavirus, minister rejected conspiracy ories about fall of PTI government and said, “We are neir last choice r will re be any minus one. If someone thought that re will be minus one, y should kw that n it would be minus three inste of minus one.” 

'Don't wash your dirty linen in public'

“Since Imran Khan is working hard to take country out of crisis, I would ask PTI ministers t to wash ir dirty linen in public. I can only request you ( ministers) since I believe that you are doing job of opposition which is doing thing at moment,” he was quoted as saying by Dawn.

' ors will t spare m'

Though t defined constitutionally, 'Minus one' formula in Pakistan politics means that if establishment or army and ‘aavaam’ are unhappy with leer, y would remove him from top position and next one in line will take charge.

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Earlier this week, Imran Khan dismissed increasingly loud opposition chatter about a ‘minus one’ formula and vowed to go after “mafias and cartels” and anunced that his government was w embarking upon a plan of massive institutional reforms. “y ( opposition) don’t kw that even if minus one happens, ors will t spare m,” Imran said without any reference.

Pakistan's alrey declining ecomy has been hit by Coronavirus and Imran Khan government has been under pressure to deliver. Pakistan reported 3,387 new coronavirus cases and 68 deaths during last 24 hours, taking total number of cases in country to 225,283 and death toll to 4,619, according to official figures on Saturday. 

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(With ncy inputs)