Islamabad, March 17, 2022 (PPI-OT): Sindh Information and Labour Minister, Saeed Ghani, has warned that FIR would be lodged against the Prime Minister Imran Khan himself, his cabinet colleagues, and Islamabad Police if the Punjab Police dared to invade the Sindh House in the federal capital. Speaking at a press conference here on Thursday, the Sindh Information Minister said that days of the present federal government were numbered so the state personnel and agencies should not abide by its illegal orders.
He said the government officials were duty-bound not to follow the illegal orders of the government high-ups as per their oath as they had to face disciplinary action if they implemented the unauthorized directives of their superiors. He said the MNAs had been lodging at the Sindh House in Islamabad after the police action at the Parliament Lodges that resulted in the detention of the two Opposition lawmakers and misbehaviour against a Senator. Moreover, the Anti-Corruption Establishment in Punjab had been directed by the rulers to lodge cases against the legislators who didn’t support Prime Minister Imran Khan.
He said the lawmakers belonging to PPP, PML(N), and other Opposition parties had opted to stay at the Sindh House for their safety and security. He said the PTI’s lawmakers who didn’t support Imran Khan anymore were also staying at the Sindh House. Saeed Ghani said the legislators who stood with Imran Khan till the present day would also vote against the PM when voting would be held in the National Assembly on the no-confidence motion.
He said that several MNAs belonging to the ruling party had chosen not to come forward with an open show of opposition against the PM after the PTI had leveled false allegations against such dissident legislators and also threatened them with violence and attack.
Ghani said the Sindh Governor Imran Ismail accompanied by the legislators of the PTI had met Aamir Liaquat Hussain at his house earlier in the day and later on while talking to media persons the Governor profusely praised Hussain. He said that MNA of PTI Hussain also later told journalists that he was neutral, as on the day of voting on the no-confidence motion he would make his decision.
The Sindh Information Minister said that PM’s exit from power had become certain as a large number of the lawmakers belonging to the PTI would vote against the PM on the day when voting would be held on the no-confidence motion. He said the entire cabinet of Imran Khan would vote against PM if the federal ministers were given assurance by the Opposition that they would be retained as the cabinet members after the dismissal of the PM.
He said the lawmakers of the PTI had not become hostile towards the PM all of a sudden, as they had started opposing Imran Khan since sometime back in the past as their speeches in the National Assembly were the testament to this fact. He reminded the federal ministers who had been giving threats to invade the Sindh House should keep in mind that the lawmakers belonging to the PTI were in Karachi as they were yet to reach Islamabad.
“We are not under any kind of oath to remain gentle forever if you try to use force against any lawmaker. The way you treat our members (of National Assembly) we will treat your members in the same fashion. We will forcibly prevent your lawmakers if our legislators are stopped coercively. We will hold a gathering of millions of people in Islamabad after your similar public gathering in the federal capital as such show of hooliganism and disorderly conduct is no more allowed by the government,” he added. Saeed Ghani advised Imran Khan to accept the reality that his days in power were numbered as afterward he after becoming the ex-PM of the country would keep on crying.
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