Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said that he did not become the country’s leader to keep enquiring about the prices of tomatoes and potatoes.
PM Khan made these comments while criticizing the Opposition’s move to table a No-Confidence motion against his government.
“I didn't join politics to know the prices of 'aloo and tamatar' (potatoes and tomatoes). I joined it for the sake of the country's youth… If we want to become a great nation, we will have to support the truth, and this is what I have been preaching for the last 25 years,” PM Khan said.
Imran also accused the Opposition of using money to buy the lawmakers to vote against his government and put him out of power.
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He also said that those individuals who are involved in horse-trading will “get buried under the weight of their own conspiracy,” as per a PTI report.
He also assured his supporters that the governance will improve in the rest of his term on the back of various incentives which will result in economic activity and job creation.
The Pakistani Opposition (Pakistan Democratic Movement- Pakistan Democratic Movement PDM — the nine-party alliance — headed by PDM President Fazlur Rehman along with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) headed by Asif Ali Zardari, PML-N headed by Shahbaz Sharif) on Tuesday submitted a no-confidence motion against the government for the issues faced by the country.
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It has been signed by 100 lawmakers (68 required for submission). The Speaker is bound to call a session within 3-7 days of submission of the motion in the house of 342. 172 votes are required to pass it successfully.
Currently, the ruling coalition government has 176 seats, with PM Imran’s PTI having 155 seats and the allies having the rest 21 seats.
PM Khan has found himself in a precarious situation (like his predecessors were) as his government has been saddled by corruption charges, mismanagement of economy and uncontrollable inflation with no solution in sight.
