PTI vows to 'snatch back Pakistan's freedom' after Shehbaz's election as PM

Former information minister Fawad Chaudhry says Imran Khan will be prime minister of 'independent' Pakistan

Soon after Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif was elected as the 23rd prime minister of the country, former information minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Fawad Chaudhry on Monday vowed to "snatch" back "freedom" from the current regime, saying that PTI chief Imran Khan will be the prime minister of the "independent" Pakistan.

"Today, I got freedom from a slave assembly and I have fulfilled my oath. This freedom is connected with the freedom of the country," he wrote on his official Twitter handle.

الحمدللّٰہ آج اپنے حلف سے وفا کرتے ہوئے ایک غلام اسمبلی سے آزادی حاصل ہوئ، یہ آزادی ملک کی آزادی سے جڑی ہوئ ہے انشاللہ عوام کی حمائیت اور مدد سے ہم یہ آزادی دوبارہ چھین لیں گے اور عمران خان آزاد پاکستان کے وزیر اعظم ہوں گے pic.twitter.com/xVcLQ9y8hS

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 11, 2022

He said that with the support of the masses, his party would snatch back the "freedom" once again and Imran Khan will become prime minister of "independent" Pakistan.

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In another tweet, he said that those forces who were involved in making "deals" in Islamabad hotels have now returned to the National Assembly.

قومی اسمبلی کی گیلری میں وہ تمام چہرے واپس آ گئے ہیں جو اسلام آباد کے ہوٹلوں میں ڈیل کرانے کا کام کرتے تھے اور جن کو پچھلے ساڑھے تین سال بیروزگاری کا سامنا تھا pic.twitter.com/Bcib4RtJg1

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 11, 2022

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Finance and Health Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra opined that the National Assembly had lost its legitimacy today. "[The] PTI with 155 seats has lost its majority. The next two parties PML-N (84 seats) & PPP (56) even put together have fewer seats," he added.

1. This national assembly has lost its legitimacy. @PTIofficial with 155 seats has lost its majority. The next two parties PMLn (84 seats) & PPP (56) even put together have fewer seats. To rely on 8 other tanga parties and 22 lotas for a 2 seat majority is a joke with democracy. pic.twitter.com/wR5fX6xh0Z

— Taimur Khan Jhagra (@Jhagra) April 11, 2022

2. How is this government going to function under a cloud of conspiracy, with allegations of horse trading, & with the single largest party resigning and leaving the assembly honourably? This is not democracy, this is only a sad lust for power.
It's now time to go to the people.

— Taimur Khan Jhagra (@Jhagra) April 11, 2022

He questioned how the government is going to function under a cloud of conspiracy, with allegations of horse-trading, and with the single largest party resigning and leaving the assembly honourably.

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"This is not democracy, this is only a sad lust for power. It's now time to go to the people," he added.

Former energy minister Hammad Azhar, while talking to the media, said that the PTI will do whatever Imran Khan decides. "Yesterday was just a trailer, Imran Khan is yet to step on ground," he added.

پہلی تقریر: امپورٹڈ حکومت کو سرخی پاؤڈر لگانے کی کوشش۔ یہ خود جانتیں ہیں کہ عوام کے ردعمل کے بعد اب کٹھپتلی حکومت چند دن کی مہمان ہے۔

— Hammad Azhar (@Hammad_Azhar) April 11, 2022

“Yesterday’s visuals were just a trailer. Imran Khan still is yet to step in ground!”-@Hammad_Azhar #امپورٹڈ_حکومت_نامنظور pic.twitter.com/H8YprZhhPh

— PTI (@PTIofficial) April 11, 2022

Taking to Twitter, Hammad claimed that the "puppet" regime's tenure will be over in matter of days after the reaction of the people.

Meanwhile, PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz shared a picture of her father former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on her Twitter handle.

♥️ pic.twitter.com/e0hIkzFC8x

— Sania Ashiq (@SaniaaAshiq) April 11, 2022

شکر الحمدُ للّٰہ ربّ العالمین !
نواز شریف کا شہباز شریف وزیرِاعظم اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان 🇵🇰
شیرررررررررررررررر 🐅🐅🐅

— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) April 11, 2022

She also thanked the Almighty for the election of Shehbaz Sharif from the National Assembly.

PML-N senior leader Ahsan Iqbal said that the organised campaign against national institutions under the direction of Imran Niazi, sabotaging Pakistan's foreign policy and further aggravating the Pak-US relations shows Imran Khan was playing with the key interests of Pakistan.

عمران نیازی کی ہدایت پہ قومی اداروں کے خلاف منظم مہم،پاکستان کی خارجہ پالیسی کے سفارتی نظام کو سبوتاژ کرنا اور پاک امریکہ تعلقات جو پہلے ہی سرد مہدی کا شکار ہیں انہیں مذید بگاڑنا صاف ظاہر کرتا ہے یہ شخص کسی پاکستان دشمن قوت کا آلہ کار بنکر پاکستان کے کلیدی مفادات سے کھیل رہا ہے-

— Ahsan Iqbal (@betterpakistan) April 11, 2022

Adviser to Chief Minister Sindh on Law and Administrator Karachi Murtaza Wahab said that political stability leads to economic stability something that had become rare during the PTI government.

Political stability leads to economic stability something that had become rare during the PTI Govt. The investors have shown good confidence since PTI’s departure which is evident from the sharp increase in stock market & improvement in the value rupee

— Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui (@murtazawahab1) April 11, 2022

"The investors have shown good confidence since the PTI’s departure which is evident from the sharp increase in stock market & improvement in the value rupee."