ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan again said ‘absolutely not’ to PTI’s return to the National Assembly.
Khan categorically said that PTI would not go back to the National Assembly. PTI chairman, however, continued a diatribe against the chief election commissioner (CEC) and said he would not appear before him “under any circumstances” in the cases against him.
In September, chief justice of Pakistan endorsed the Islamabad High Court’s advice to the PTI to rejoin the parliament.
The Supreme Court was hearing a petition filed by the PTI challenging the IHC’s judgment where the court had termed the phased acceptance of party resignations by the National Assembly speaker as legal.
Lawmakers from the former ruling party had resigned en masse from the National Assembly on April 11, following the ouster of Imran as the premier through a no-confidence motion.
Khan challenged the coalition government to hold “open hearing” of the Toshakhana reference.
The reference was filed against Imran by the coalition government, for “not sharing details” of Toshakhana gifts and proceeds from their alleged sale.
PTI chairman said that his party would go for general elections in the country, adding that they would succeed in the by-polls “no matter what tactic the government employed to rig the ballot”.
