Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has censured PTI Chairman Imran Khan and urged him to accept the no-confidence motion that saw him voted out of the government as he speaks of Pakistan’s adherence to the Constitution in a recent public appearance in Peshawar.
“Because Imran Khan is taking an oath to uphold the constitution today, he will have to accept the no-confidence motion,” Khawaja Asif stated On Tuesday, on Geo News which aired the current affairs programme ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath.’
“The same Constitution requires that neutral institutions should not be called animals,” the PML-N leader said, referring to Imran Khan who said in March this year in the Timergara rally that ‘only animals are neutral.’
In response to Imran Khan’s statement, Khawaja Asif mentioned that the national institutions should not be dubbed Mir Jafar and Mir Sadiq and that no charges of treachery should be leveled against them.
In answer to a question, the minister said that being disqualified for a term is enough for a politician.
On October 4, while hearing a petition filed by PTI leader Faisal Vawda against his lifetime disqualification in a case involving the submission of a false affidavit about his US nationality, Chief Justice Umer Ata Bandial referred to Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution as a “draconian” law.
Khawaja Asif slammed the PTI chief once more, saying, “He also disagrees with the Sadiq-o-Ameen clause of the Constitution.” He stated that these two words are specifically used for the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him). “The words Sadiq-o-Amin cannot be used for sinners like us,” he explained.
“It is because of the people who were declared Sadiq and Amin [by courts] that Pakistan has arrived at where it is today.”
Khawaja Asif also stated that the PTI leadership from the Peshawar district has pledged to join the party’s movement for ‘Haqiqi Azadi’ [true freedom]. This oath that Imran Khan sought from his workers yesterday to uphold the constitution revolves around him and is conditional on his gaining power, according to the PML-N leader.
Khawaja Asif has stated that PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif will return to Pakistan soon to lead the PML-electoral N’s campaign for the next general elections. “We need Nawaz Sharif, who was punished for not taking a salary,” he said.
Nawaz Sharif has stated that he has left his affairs to Allah, according to the defence minister.
According to Khawaja Asif, PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz is partially justified in her dissatisfaction with the government’s lack of action against Imran Khan. He claimed that whatever the PML-N has endured over the last four years, including Maryam’s conviction, was a clear violation of the law and the Constitution.
