Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that if the opposition resigns from the assemblies, his government will hold new elections. If the opposition is confident, then so am I, he said.
This was said by the prime minister during an interview on Tuesday with editors of various newspapers where he spoke about various issues, including the Opposition’s protest movement, the coronavirus pandemic and international conspiracies being hatched against Pakistan.
He said that he was aware of the fact that the opposition has support from abroad. Some countries do not want to see Pakistan progress. Muslim countries around the globe have been destabilized under a well-conceived conspiracy, which is being replicated in Pakistan.
He said that whenever the government sat down with the opposition, their leaders brought up their cases. The opposition wants to disband NAB so that their cases can be disposed of, he added.
Imran reiterated his position that the government was willing to hold a dia
logue with the Opposition on every issue but “no talks on giving NRO will be held with the Opposition”.
Prime Minister conceded that his government’s “biggest mistake” was not securing a financial deal with the International Monetary Fund immediately after getting elected.
“In times of such a financial crisis, we should have immediately gone to the IMF,” he said. The premier also spoke about another mistake that his government made. “The second biggest mistake was not initiating the process of institutional reforms,” he said.
“A coalition comprising a few countries does not want to see a strong Pakistan,” PM Imran Khan reportedly said. “Whatever happened in Iraq, happened for the same reason. Iraq and Iran were made to fight each other in an attempt to break up the two nations,” he added.
PM Imran touched upon heightening tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, saying that efforts were being made “according to a plan” by an ‘source’ to weaken the two nations.
