Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif urged the chief of army staff and director general for Inter-Services Intelligence on Tuesday to bring forth evidence of the opposition's 'treason'.
The opposition leader's remarks came following Prime Minister Imran Khan's claim that the opposition leaders tabled the no-confidence motion against him to back a 'foreign country's' designs against him.
The PML-N leader maintained that Pakistan was facing economic ruin because of the incumbent government’s actions.
“This is the same Imran Niazi who refused to remove the French ambassador, citing economic ruin and claimed that the European Union would be angered by the ambassador’s removal,” he said.
According to Shehbaz, the “same Imran” had now sacrificed the interests of Pakistan for his own sake and was “ready to sacrifice everything for his own self”.
“If we did commit the crime, all evidence will come to light,” he said, requesting the Supreme Court to also investigate the matter.
Shehbaz further maintained that the opposition had been calling the current government “fake” for the past three years and that they were only called ‘traitors’ after they launched the no-trust move against Imran Khan.
The PML-N leader further stated that he had not received any letter from President Dr Arif Alvi regarding the appointment of an interim prime minister, after the president dissolved the National Assembly two days ago.
Shehbaz dubbed both President Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan as violators of the Constitution.
The PML-N president as the former Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly had to propose an interim premier, along with Imran Khan, under 224 A of the Constitution of Pakistan.
Yesterday, President Arif Alvi claimed that he had written a letter to PM Imran and Shehbaz to "propose a suitable person for appointment". However, Shehbaz said that he had received no such letter.
On April 3, President Alvi dissolved the National Assembly on the advice of Prime Minister Imran Khan, hours after the National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri declared the opposition’s no-confidence motion “unconstitutional” and prorogued the house without voting on it.
The prime minister advised the president to dissolve the assembly under Article 58 of the Constitution. Imran took the decision of sending the summary after accusing the joint opposition of working with the United States to overthrow his government.
