Islamabad, Mar 6 (UNI) JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Saturday said that we the opposition "reject the confidence vote" which was won by Prime Minister Imran Khan during a National Assembly session earlier in the day.
Addressing the media in Sukkur shortly after the NA session concluded, Rehman said the Constitution clearly states that the president can summon a session "if he believes that the prime minister does not hold a majority".
He further added that "Here, the session was called over a summary by the fake prime minister. Summary is not involved in summoning such sessions, all of this is a drama," said the JUI-F chief, who is not part of the NA. "We don't accept today's Assembly session, nor do we accept the confidence vote.
Rehman, who is also the chief of the opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), alleged that MNAs were "forcefully" made to vote for Prime Minister Imran. He urged the premier to "be courageous and ask the public to cast a vote of confidence [by] conducting a new election".
The session was boycotted by the PDM.
Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz said those who had "saved" Prime Minister Imran in today's vote of confidence had openly come out in front of the people. "The lease of life they'd taken from their institution, they will have to answer for that to their institution today, that why they saved a vote, flour, sugar thief from the wrath of the people," she said, adding that the "decision was taken" when Yousuf Raza Gilani won the Senate seat against PTI's Hafeez Shaikh.
Maryam went on to add that the trust vote taken by the premier had "no worth" and it was a "non-event because you've taken it from your members at gunpoint".
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