ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has turned down a summary pertaining to the imposition of governor’s rule in Sindh on Friday.
The PTI government, nonetheless, decided to file a petition in the Supreme Court to seek a ruling on whether PTI defectors could lose their seats ahead of a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Imran Khan.
PM Khan has also called a meeting of the PTI political committee today (Saturday) to review the changing political situation in the country and the issue of PTI dissidents.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed presented a summary regarding the imposition of governor’s rule in Sindh during a PTI parliamentary committee meeting on Friday.
The meeting was presided over by the prime minister, in which he reviewed the current political situation and changing loyalties of over a dozen PTI lawmakers to support the opposition.
After the meeting, Sheikh Rashid told reporters that “no decision has so far been taken on the summary” regarding governor’s rule.
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi also made it clear that the federal government had no intention to impose governor’s rule in Sindh.
Addressing a press conference along with federal ministers Asad Umar and Fawad Chaudhry in Islamabad, Mr Qureshi said the PTI’s parliamentary committee met under the premier’s chairmanship.
The participants held consultations on the no-trust vote issue and it was decided that the party would face the move and defeat the opponents, he added.
Govt to approach SC
Several PTI lawmakers withdrew their support for the government on Thursday, proving that opposition claims of having won over members of the ruling coalition were indeed true and stoking more uncertainty over whether the premier can hang on to power.
