Imran Khan
Ahead of no-trust vote, Imran Khan urges people to hit streets for protecting Pakistan's sovereignty
Islamabad/IBNS: A day ahead of facing the no-trust vote, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday asked the people to hit the streets on Sunday and peacefully protest against an "imported government".
He urged people to protect the sovereignty of Pakistan making sensational claims that foreign powers are trying to topple his government.
Khan also accused the opposition parties of being hand in glove with the foreign powers in order to get out of corruption cases and make money.
"We got to know that US diplomats were meeting our people. Then we got to know about the entire plan," he said.
However, the PM added that he is not at liberty to publicly release all the details owing to national security concerns.
In his late-night video address to the nation ahead of the crucial no-trust vote against him Saturday morning, he slammed the opposition for indulging in blatant horse-trading.
Khan also took a dig at India and said that no superpower can dictate terms to it as it's a sovereign nation. "None of them has the guts to speak to India like that," he added.
PM Khan said foreign powers want a pliable PM and that's why they are trying to push him out.
"We are 22 crore people. It is insulting that someone from outside is ordering this to 22 crore people," he said.
Imran Khan has to face the no-trust vote on Saturday with the country's Supreme Court dissolving the Parliament as "unconstitutional".
The court had said that the deputy speaker's decision to dissolve the national assembly was illegal as he violated the constitution by refusing to allow a no-confidence vote against Khan the last weekend.
The no-confidence vote against Khan will be held at 10 am on Saturday.
"I respect the Supreme Court and the judiciary, but it should have looked at a threat letter before issuing its verdict,” Khan said in his address, adding that he was saddened by the verdict.
If Khan loses the no-trust votes, he will be the first Prime Minister to be removed through this process.
The opposition could then nominate its own Prime Minister and hold power until August 2023, by which date fresh elections have to be held.
No Prime Minister in Pakistan has ever seen out a full term since the inception of the country.
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