ISLAMABAD – In what appeared to be the biggest blow to the rulingPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, at least two dozen Members ofNational Assembly (MNAs) of the same party Thursday appeared in theopposition’s camp ahead of the no-trust vote against Prime Minister ImranKhan.
Apparently, the dissident lawmakers have changed their loyalties since theyare openly criticising the policies of Prime Minister Imran Khan who isfacing no-confidence motion. At the same time, some key federal ministersof the government accused the opposition parties of spending millions ofrupees to buy loyalties of treasury members and alleged that Sindh House,which is under the administrative control of opposition PPP-led Sindhgovernment, located in Islamabad’s Red Zone has become a hub ofhorse-trading.
This all started on Thursday when some dissident legislators of the PTIcame out openly on TV screens apparently to say good-bye to the governmentwhile they were found staying at Sindh House. They claimed that they haveshifted at the new place from the Parliament Lodges due to the securityconcerns and threat of some police action against them.
‘Governor’s rule in Sindh’
Federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said Thursday that he had advisedPrime Minister Imran Khan to impose governor’s rule in Sindh. Talking tothe media in Islamabad, he accused the Sindh government of “buying andselling” lawmakers’ votes, terming it a “conspiracy against democracy.”
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He also said that there was no other solution in Sindh rather to imposeGovernor’s rule as the provincial government was openly violating theconstitution by doing horse trading.
Now the blackmailers, vote’s sellers and vote’s buyers deserved noconcession, he tweeted.
