PTI opposes Pak army’s claim that Imran approached it for service
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday opposed the armed force’s claim that former prime minister Imran Khan had approached it to help find a service to the “political deadlock” in the country after a no-confidence motion was sent against him on March 8.
Former minister in the Imran Khan federal government, Shireen Mazari, said that it was the military that sought the meeting with the PTI chief through ex-defence minister Pervez Khattak. The military, Mazari said, had put forward three propositions to Khan– resignation, no-confidence vote or its withdrawal and fresh elections thereafter.
“Let me be clear– I am mentioning on record (that the former) PM did not call military for help on breaking political deadlock,” Mazari posted on Twitter. “Why would Imran Khan give option of resigning when he had already stated categorically and consistently he would never resign? Makes no sense! Likewise, Imran Khan had categorically rejected VNC (vote of no confidence) as foreign routine modification conspiracy. So why would he suggest these alternatives. Unreasonable!” Mazari added.
A day earlier, Pakistan army’s representative Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar had claimed at an interview that it remained in truth the prime minister’s workplace that had actually approached the army chief to discover a solution to the political deadlock.
“It is unfortunate that our political leadership was not prepared to talk to each other. So the army chief and the DG ISI went to the PM’s workplace and 3 circumstances were discussed,” Gen Iftikhar said, including that the 3rd option– withdrawal of no-confidence motion and after that dissolution of assemblies– was acceptable to the former PM. The general likewise specified that absolutely nothing less than Khan’s removal through voting on no-trust motion was appropriate to his political challengers.
The political crisis in Pakistan had actually deepened last month after the joint opposition had submitted a no-confidence move against Khan. Khan had lost majority in the National Assembly after his federal government’s significant allies deserted and signed up with the ranks of the opposition.
Released at Fri, 15 Apr 2022 18:46:30 +0000