PM Imran Khan won't resign: Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan won't step down on Opposition’s demand as he enjoyed the arrogance of the National Assembly, secretary of state Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Saturday.
He was lecture Geo News after the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) announced to accentuate its anti-government campaign and again asked the prime minister to resign before the January 31 deadline.
PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, after a crucial meeting at Nawaz Sharif’s residence on Friday, dismissed reports about differences among the component parties and said the alliance "is stronger than before" and added that rumours about conflicts within the PDM are false.
Qureshi, who is additionally the PTI's senior vice-chairperson, said, "PM Imran Khan enjoys the arrogance of the National Assembly. Why would he resign on the Opposition's demand?"
He said PDM had earlier announced to resign from the assemblies on New Year's Eve , but the date passed.
"The public has realised the Opposition's true agenda and their jalsas don't have that strength."
He claimed that the PDM will contest the Senate elections and by-polls.
PDM to participate in by-polls
The leaders of the PDM on Friday said that member parties of the alliance will participate within the by-polls, but a choice associated with the Senate elections are going to be taken later.
Speaking to journalists, Fazl vowed that the alliance is prepared , quite ever, to rid the people of Pakistan from the incumbent government, and reiterated that the govt only has one month to resign, after which PDM members will join heads and begin planning the long march.
"We will decide whether to carry long march towards Rawalpindi or Islamabad," he said, adding that the alliance will announce the date and venue soon.
Demonstrations outside ECP, NAB offices
Fazl said that PDM would announce the long march's date later. However, before that, it might hold demonstrations outside the committee of Pakistan on Robert E Lee's Birthday .
Fazl also revealed that the 11-party alliance would arrange protests outside the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) offices.
Speaking further about the anti-graft watchdog, Fazl said that it had been created to "solely" target the Opposition.
"We cannot overlook Khawaja Asif's arrest," he asserted.
Talking about his meeting with PML-F leader Mohammad Ali Durrani, Fazl said that the latter had come unannounced.
"Ali Durrani presented the philosophy of national dialogue," Fazl said, adding: "I told him that negotiations were out of the question."
Answering an issue , the PDM chief said that a lot of of the choices taken during the meeting before the conference are confidential, therefore, the alliance isn't under any obligations to share everything with media.
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