As the political battle in Pakistan over the no-trust motion continues, Prime Minister Imran Khan defended his call for early elections right and asked the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) why they are afraid of it.
Imran Khan also accused the PDM of being part of a foreign conspiracy for regime change.
Although the President has dissolved the National Assembly and the matter is now in Supreme Court, the war of words persists. Taking to Twitter, Imran Khan wrote, "Astonished by reaction of PDM to our calling for general elections. They have been crying hoarse abt how our govt has failed and lost the support of the ppl so why the fear of elections now? Democrats go to the ppl for support."
"Isn't it better for PDM to accept elections rather than being part of a foreign conspiracy for regime change; and indulging in blatant purchasing of loyalties thereby destroying our nation's moral fibre?" he said in another tweet.
This comes at a time when the President of Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam and the leader of PDM, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman taking to Twitter wrote, "New elections are our demand from day one, but we continue to prefer to stay within the constitution, keeping in view the role and respect of the institutions."
After the National Assembly of Pakistan is dissolved over the no-trust motion against Imran Khan on Sunday, the PM said that the opposition is shocked by his surprise and said that if he had told about his strategy beforehand then the opposition might not have been in such pain.
Imran Khan surprised the Opposition to announce in his televised address to the nation that he has advised President Arif Alvi to dissolve the national assembly following which the President dissolved the NA.
National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri, who was chairing Sunday's session, dismissed the no-confidence motion against the Imran Khan-led government, terming it a contradiction of Article 5 of the Constitution.
As the political tussle continues to stretch in Pakistan, the Supreme Court took a suo moto notice of the dissolution of the National Assembly by Alvi. Pakistan's Supreme Court has now adjourned the hearing on National Assembly dissolution till Monday.
Pakistan Opposition has decided to stage a dharna in National Assembly till the no-trust vote against Prime Minister Imran Khan is held.
After Suri dismissed the no-confidence motion against Khan, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday said that the Opposition members have decided to protest against the "unconstitutional" move in the National Assembly and have decided to not leave the floor till their Constitutional rights are not given to them. Lashing out at the Deputy Speaker, he said, "He has done unconstitutional thing at the last moment. He violated the Constitution of Pakistan. The no-trust vote had to take place today as per the Constitution."
He also lashed out at Imran Khan and advised him to stop behaving like a child and running away from fights and appealed to Pakistani citizens to side with the Constitution and believe in democratic values, adding "do not allow puppet or non-democratic person to rob your rights".
( With inputs from ANI )
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