Opposition lambasted over attempts to dislodge PM Imran

PTI's AJK leader says puppet leaders are dancing to the tunes of foreign forces averse to PM's policies

MUZAFFARABAD:

Former central joint secretary of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Khawaja Farooq Ahmed on Wednesday termed the opposition’s "turbulent activities" an attempt to dislodge Prime Minister Imran Khan for his bold stance on issues of vital national interest.

Ahmed added that Premier Imran is pursuing the Kashmir dispute, in accordance with the wishes of more than 235 million Pakistanis and Kashmiris, in addition to other national issues.

“The puppet opposition leaders are dancing to the tunes of the forces averse to PM's policies based on self-respect of his nation and national sovereignty,” Ahmed, the minister of local government and rural development in the PTI-led AJK government, said while talking to media persons.

He asserted that ever since assuming office, the premier had not missed a single occasion to keep the Kashmir issue in focus and draw the attention of the world towards the unrelenting oppression and crimes against humanity being carried out in IIOJK.

The minister recalled that during the course of the recently adopted National Security Policy, the premier made it clear that Pakistan would remain steadfast in its moral, diplomatic, political, and legal support to the Kashmiri brethren until it achieved its right to self-determination guaranteed under the UN Security Council resolutions.

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“Pakistan has always been the advocate of Kashmiris, but it never found such a convincing and forceful voice until Imran Khan took over the reins,” he maintained.

Referring to PM Imran’s recent speech in Mailsi, the PTI leader said no leader had ever questioned the double standards of the international community on the Kashmir issue in such a plausible manner.

"On one hand, there is a leader who can dauntlessly plead the case of his nation while on the other, there are these so-called politicians who can compromise on anything for their lust for power”.

Ahmed was of the view that the people of Pakistan or the IIOJK were not naive to understand why the opposition leaders, particularly those representing the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, had all of a sudden joined forces to topple the government.

“It’s because some Western nations are visibly unhappy with PM Imran for his unequivocal stance on the global issues and they are using these power-hungry corrupt politicians to create unrest in the country,” he remarked.

The PTI leader, however, predicted that the no-trust move would meet a disaster and the prime minister, who had time and again proved himself to be a man of strong nerves, would once again come out triumphant.