I was saddened by the Supreme Court decision but respect it, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said in his late-night address to the nation ahead of the crucial no-trust vote against him tomorrow morning.
In a long televised address, he slammed the opposition for indulging in blatant horse-trading, saying politicians are being bought and sold like sheep. He has also made sensational claims of an international conspiracy to topple his government.
Nowhere else in the world, not even in Banana Republics, does this happen so openly, he said, about the alleged corruption of politicians.
PM Khan said foreign powers want a pliable PM and that’s why they are trying to get him out. He has called the political situation an attack on the sovereignty of Pakistan. “We are 22 crore people. It is insulting that someone from outside is ordering this to 22 crore people,” he said.
He also slammed the country’s media, accusing it of “celebrating” the government’s fall.
The Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a move by PM Khan to block a parliamentary vote seeking to oust him. The dismissal of the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan was “unconstitutional”, the Pakistan Supreme Court said.
The deputy speaker had blocked a no-confidence motion against him and the President, seen as the PM’s loyalist, dissolved the parliament and ordered fresh elections.
The court reconstituted the national assembly and ordered the Speaker to call a session. The no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Imran Khan will now be held on Saturday at 10 am.