Pakistan Interior Minister warns opposition in opposition to disrupting OIC convention

Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Sunday warned the opposition leaders to not disrupt the OIC assembly right here as he termed it a matter of nationwide safety, amid opposition risk to dam the high-profile convention.

“I declare here that no one can dare to create any sort of hurdle in the holding of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) conference because it is an issue of security of Pakistan,” Rashid stated at a press convention.

The minister asserted that as much as 15,000 safety personnel of police and the paramilitary forces could be deployed to supply safety to the delegates of Muslim nations coming to take part within the convention.

The two-day occasion on the Parliament could have representatives of greater than 50 nations in attendance.

“Those due to attend the conference are our guests and the Pakistan Army has taken up the task of providing security to them,” he stated earlier, including that the federal government would “take care” of the opposition with ease and nobody might dare create an impediment in the way in which of the assembly.

Initially, the opposition had threatened to stage a sit-in if the nationwide meeting session was not known as on time to take up a no-confidence movement in opposition to Prime Minister Imran Khan.

However, the joint opposition toned down its stance on Sunday stressing that Pakistan’s political turmoil is not going to be allowed to have an effect on the occasion in any method.

“The opposition pledges to do its utmost to create an atmosphere in which the distinguished guests will be able to carry out their activities with full attention, dedication and determination,” stated a joint assertion issued by opposition events.

National Assembly Speaker, Asad Qaiser, on Sunday introduced to convene the meeting session on March 25 to take up the no-trust movement in opposition to Prime Minister Khan.

Around 100 lawmakers from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) submitted the no-confidence movement earlier than the National Assembly Secretariat on March 8, alleging that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) authorities led by Prime Minister Khan was accountable for the financial disaster and the spiralling inflation within the nation.

Opposition leaders’ risk to disrupt the OIC assembly created panic among the many Islamabad-based ambassadors of the Muslim nations, in response to Rashid.

“I received calls from at least 22 ambassadors and I told everyone that come what may the conference would be held as per schedule,” he stated on the press convention.

The OIC is a 57-member grouping of Muslim majority nations, together with Pakistan.

Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar stated the OIC session will coincide with seventy fifth anniversary celebrations of Pakistan’s Independence Day.

The forty eighth summit of the OIC-CFM will likely be held on March 22 and 23 beneath the theme: “Building Partnerships for Unity, Justice, and Development.”