ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said the political landscape had been transformed in the country where all the state institutions were working within their constitutional domains.
“This is the Naya Pakistan in which the institutions have drawn a constitutional line (for their functioning),” the minister said while addressing a news conference. She castigated Imran Khan for dragging the institutions into his “dirty politics by hurling abuses and naming them in his speeches. He would not be allowed to do this again, she added.
Marriyum pointed out the double standards and hypocrisy of Imran Khan who offered an extension to head of an institution for an extended period of time in a closed-door meeting, just to prevent his imminent defeat in the no-confidence motion moved by the then-opposition in the National Assembly to remove him from the power in a constitutional way.
Nawaz Sharif, she said, demanded respect for the vote when disqualified in an unjustified way, but Imran Khan beseeched and made offers to certain quarters when being ousted from the prime minister’s office. She said Imran Khan would not have the support of any institutions for pursuing his future politics, adding “this is a victory of the narrative of Nawaz Sharif who wants supremacy of the constitution and law.”
“Listen carefully Imran Khan, you will not get your crutches back,” she said while ruling out any support to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman for pursuing future politics. She said whether he (Imran Khan) did a long march, long drive, long jump or a long walk, nothing would help him get a date for an early election which would be held on time in which the nation would vote to reject the “Fitna and Fasad”. –Agencies
