ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said on Friday that he had advised Prime Minister Imran Khan to resign from office three months ago, and would advise him to do the same today too. The minister, alluding to the joint opposition, claimed that he would fight against these “thieves” till his last breath.
“The country cannot be run alongside these thieves,” he reiterated, stating that he had advised the premier to resign yesterday and would recommend it again today.
Rashid claimed that “external powers” wanted to take Pakistan’s independence away and that temporary victory was not the real goal as everyone had now been “exposed”. The home minister was referring to PM Imran’s claim that foreign powers were backing the opposition’s no-trust motion against him.
Rashid hoped for “good” decisions to emerge, adding that PM Imran would address the nation in the evening.
The minister’s remarks came after a landmark unanimous ruling from the Supreme Court, which set aside National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri’s ruling to dismiss the no-trust resolution against Prime Minister Imran Khan and the subsequent dissolution of the lower house of parliament by President Arif Alvi on the premier’s advice.
The 5-0 ruling ordered parliament to reconvene on Saturday (tomorrow), no later than 10:30 am, saying that the session could not be prorogued without the conclusion of the no-trust motion against PM Imran.
“It is declared that the resolution was pending and subsisting at all times and continues to so remain pending and subsisting.” –Agencies
