Imran Khan hints at returning to Pakistan’s National Assembly

Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday hinted at returning to National Assembly for caretaker setup.

Lahore,UPDATED: Jan 17, 2023 00:15 IST

Imran Khan mentioned that President Arif Alvi will quickly ask PM Shehbaz Sharif to safe a vote of confidence from the National Assembly (File)

By Press Trust of India: For the primary time, opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Monday hinted at returning to the National Assembly to be a part of the consultative strategy of a caretaker setup for normal elections later this yr.

Following Khan’s ouster as prime minister by a no-confidence movement in April final yr, the 131 PTI members of the National Assembly had resigned. However, the NA speaker has but to simply accept their resignations and known as in all of the PTI lawmakers to confirm if their resignations are “genuine and voluntary”.

Talking to journalists at his residence on Monday, Khan mentioned: “If we don’t return to the National Assembly, then the PML-N led coalition government will form the caretaker setup [after completion of its tenure in this August] in consultation with handpicked opposition leader Raja Riaz. We won’t let this happen.” This is the primary time Khan spoke his thoughts about going again to the National Assembly since his ouster as premier.

Khan has additionally mentioned that President Arif Alvi will quickly ask Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to safe a vote of confidence from the National Assembly.

“We are going to test Shehbaz Sharif. He is going to have sleepless nights as we are in contact with PML-N MNAs. He will struggle to prove majority in the house,” he mentioned.

On the opposite hand, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif mentioned the federal coalition has required numbers within the decrease home if the President asks Shehbaz to take a vote of confidence.

Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly has already been dissolved by Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi of PTI-PMLQ on Khan’s insistence.

Khan mentioned the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly can be dissolved this week as effectively to push the federal coalition to announce the snap polls.

“If the federal government does not agree on snap polls, elections will be held in Punjab and KP provinces after 90 days,” he mentioned.

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Jan 17, 2023