No-confidence motion will be for country, not power Says Shahid Khaqan

By Muhammad JuniadPublished On 06 Jan 2023

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Tuesday said no-confidence motion in the National Assembly (NA) or the Punjab Assembly will be for the country and not for power.

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi talked to the media and said Pakistan cannot move forward until it starts following the law and the constitution which does not allow a prime minister to seek the vote of confidence from the parliament himself.

The erstwhile premier said, “Imran Khan threatened the opposition in his speech but the NA speaker remained silent. His own Finance Minister was defeated by Members National Assembly (MNAs). The minister should have quit on moral grounds afterward.

“The incumbent regime has done horse-trading in the Senate elections by giving Rs 70 crore in Balochistan and Rs 35 crore in Sindh. The promise of funds worth Rs 50 crore with assembly members is bribery. Institutions played part in securing the vote of confidence for Imran Khan.”