As Pakistan faces a highly fluid political situation, Prime Minister Imran Khan has sought safe exit for himself by offering to hold early elections, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has claimed.
PML-N's Shehbaz Sharif and Rana Sanaullah have revealed at the opposition parliamentary party meeting that Imran Khan has made the offer through an "important person" of the country, Samaa TV reported.
Sharif said that the prime minister is now proposing something what the opposition had demanded earlier, but it was too late. "The issue will be decided through the vote in the Parliament" on the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan, he said.
Imran Khan has reportedly offered that if the opposition withdrew it no-confidence motion, he would dissolve the National Assembly and hold early elections, but if the opposition pressed ahead with the no-trust vote, he would fight them until the end.
Meanwhile, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that he wants to send a clear message to Imran Khan that no NRO would be offered to him and the only honourable exit for him was to step down immediately, paving for Shehbaz Sharif to be elected as the new Prime Minister.
The Pakistan Opposition on Thursday submitted a petition to include the election of a new Prime Minister in the agenda of the National Assembly, Dunya TV reported.
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Pakistan opposition plea to include election of new PM in agenda
The Pakistan Opposition on Thursday submitted a petition to include the election of a new Prime Minister in the agenda of the National Assembly, reports said.The petition, demanding that the election of a new Prime Minister be included in the agenda by issuing a supplementary agenda, was submitted by the PML-N National Assembly member Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, and PPP National Assembly members Naveed Qamar and Shazia Marri on behalf of Leader of Opposition Shehbaz Sharif, Dunya TV reported.
On this occasion, Sadiq stated that they were requesting that the election of a new Prime Minister be included in the agenda by issuing a supplementary agenda.
In the event of the success of no-confidence motion, the election of a new Prime Minister should be on the agenda, he added.
As the Opposition's number game gets stronger, Prime Minister Imran Khan has offered to dissolve the assembly if the no-confidence motion against him is withdrawn, Geo News reported.
According to the sources, an "important personality" has given a message of PM Imran Khan to Shahbaz Sharif.
This was revealed during the meeting of the Opposition leaders today ahead of the crucial National Assembly session for the debate on the no-confidence motion.
It was shared that the Premier has asked for a "safe passage" amid a deepening political crisis.
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Imran will neither resign nor seek safe exit, says aide
The Special Assistant to Pakistan PM for Political Communication, Shahbaz Gill, said on Thursday that Prime Minister Imran Khan has not made any offer to resign from his position and would instead face the Opposition "with all his might till the last ball", Dawn reported.
At a media talk in Islamabad, Gill said that the premier had neither made any offer to the Opposition, nor has he reached out to them for any "safe options".
Gill's comments came after PPP leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, speaking to the media earlier in the day, said that the Prime Minister would not be given the options of a "safe passage, an NRO, amnesty or backdoor exit".
"And I advise you (Imran Khan) that you opt for an honourable exit... which means that you resign today and let the vote of no-confidence take place," Bilawal added.
Gill, in his press talk on Thursday, said that Khan's fight is against "an imperialist, and not the three dwarves".
"It's against the imperialist who killed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto because he wanted to make an independent foreign policy. These stooges don't matter to him," Gill said, adding that the premier isn't the one to give up and "will face everything that comes his way".
Pakistani rupee breaks all previous records
There seems to be no respite for the falling Pakistani currency as the rupee continued to decline against the US dollar, amid the ongoing political uncertainty and delays in economic decisions, especially the lingering talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Geo News reported.The currency surpassed the Rs 183-mark for the first time in the history of Pakistan, shedding over Rs 25 since the start of the ongoing fiscal (2021-22).
The rupee closed at Rs 183.48 against the US dollar in the inter-bank market on Thursday.
In March, the rupee has depreciated by 3.38 per cent (or Rs 6.07) against the US currency.
Meanwhile, as the Opposition's number game gets stronger, Prime Minister Imran Khan has offered to dissolve the assembly if the no-confidence motion against him is withdrawn, Geo News reported.
According to the sources, an "important personality" has given a message of Imran Khan to the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Shahbaz Sharif.
This was revealed during the meeting of the Opposition leaders on Thursday ahead of the crucial National Assembly session for the debate on the no-confidence motion.
It was shared that the premier has asked for a "safe passage" amid a deepening political crisis.
Sources further added that Imran Khan has said that if the Opposition doesn't agree to his suggestion, he is ready to face any situation, Geo News reported.
Imran offers to dissolve assembly if no-confidence motion is withdrawn
As the Oppositions number game gets stronger, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has offered to dissolve the assembly if the no-confidence motion against him is withdrawn, Geo News reported.According to sources, an "important personality" has given a message of PM Imran Khan to the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Shahbaz Sharif.
This was revealed during the meeting of the Opposition leaders on Thursday ahead of the crucial National Assembly session for the debate on the no-confidence motion.
It was shared that the premier has asked for a "safe passage" amid a deepening political crisis.
Sources further added that Imran Khan has said that if the Opposition doesn't agree to his suggestion, he is ready to face any situation, Geo News reported.
The joint Opposition reviewed the suggestion and message of the "important person" during their meeting on Thursday.
Sources, however, added that the majority of the Opposition leaders recommended not to trust Imran Khan and suggested asking the NA speaker for holding the voting on the motion at the earliest.
"We have the numbers. We will get benefit if the process is completed on the motion as soon as possible," an Opposition leader said.
The sources also said that the Opposition has suggested that the only option for "face-saving" is Imran Khan's resignation.
