Tariq Saeed Peshawar
Sounding confident of defeating the no-confidence move effectively, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday reiterated his unflinching resolve not to give NRO to what he termed the corrupt politicians.
“We have evolved strategy to thwart the no-confidence motion and once the motion is defeated, we are going to take the three thieves into task,” Imran told a public rally at Balambat Ground in Timergara Lower Dir.
Indirectly referring to Maulana Fazal of JUI, Asif Zardari and Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister Khan said his competition was with these three looters. “I will clean bowl all three with an in-swinging Yorker”. He maintained.
“These three leaders destroy all the institutions they try to fix; they attacked the courts in Pakistan, bribed the judges, chased away the chief justice of Supreme Court and supported yellow journalism”. He lamented. Imran said Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa asked me not to call Jamiat Ulema Islam-F chief Maulana Fazal ur Rehman as “Maulana diesel”, yet I told him people are saying this and not me”. Prime Minister said he had always wanted the opposition to bring the no-trust move. “I was waiting for their move and now I won’t let them run away and will chase them to the end,” he added.
The PTI chief claimed that his party lawmakers had been offered bribes by joint opposition to support their no-confidence motion and he has asked all his lawmakers to take that money from plunders and distribute it among poor people. PM Khan further said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf will hold a public gathering at D-Chowk a day before voting on a no-trust motion. Imran castigated the Opposition parties for their statement against the national institutions and maligning them for their vested interest. Recalling Maulana Fazal of JUI’s previous press conference, PM said “Fazal ur Rehman who is also the president of PDM had earlier said that when he comes into power he will fix the institution and he definitely meant he wants to fix Pakistan Army”. PTI chief said adding if “Pakistan is surviving today it is because of a strong army.
He said Muslim countries including Somalia, Syria and Afghanistan were in crisis but Pakistan is saved because we have the most powerful army in the Muslim world.
Coming hard on opposition leaders Asif Zardari, Nawaz Sharif and Maulana from DI Khan, Imran said “If today the world does not recognizes Pakistan’s green passport it is because of these three as they mercilessly plundered the country and mortgaged Pakistan”.
In a clear reference to former Prim Minister Nawaz Sharif, PM Imran , said that the “biggest coward and the biggest liar” of Pakistan is residing outside the country.
“They say I shouldn’t call him fugitive but the fact is that he is fugitive and liar,” the premier said, adding that he started envelope journalism in Pakistan.
“The person who tried to bribe former army Chief Asif Nawaz Janjua with a BMW is planning to fix the Pakistan army. “The person who met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Moodi in Nepal and invited the person who is torturing the Kashmiris, to a wedding; how will he fix the Pakistan Army”. Imran asked while refereeing to PML N Supremo. The PM told the charged crowd that he has focused on three things since he entered into politics 25 years ago and those are to make our country self-sufficient, to make our country a welfare-state and to ensure law and justice prevail in the country. “These three principals have been a part of PTI’s manifesto and these were adopted from Riyasat-e-Madina”. Imran said.
