K-P opposition members submit privilege motion against Imran Khan

Lawmakers from ANP, PPP, JUI-F submit the motion in K-P assembly.


Manzoor Ali/web Desk April 07, 2014
PTI Chief Imran Khan. PHOTO: QAZI USMAN /FILE

PESHAWAR: Opposition parties in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly on Monday submitted a privilege motion against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairperson Imran Khan for threatening to dissolve the legislature.

The privilege motion has jointly been signed by the Awami National Party (ANP) parliamentary leader Sardar Hussain Babak, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) lawmaker Nighat Orakzai, Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) parliamentary leader Sikandar Hayat Sherpao and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam – Fazl (JUI-F) MPA Mehmood Khan Bhittani.

The motion reads that on April 5 Imran Khan threatened to dissolve the K-P provincial assembly. It stated that Khan’s statement was against democratic norms, amounted to an attack on the parliamentary process and attempted to intimidate members of the assembly.

It further stated that the statement has breached the privilege of all the members of the assembly and the privilege of this the house.

Background

Imran Khan on April 4 had stated that he would rather dissolve the provincial legislature and call fresh elections than caving in to the "forward bloc’s blackmailing".

The warning had came hours after 14 PTI legislators handed their resignations from the assembly membership to the deputy speaker, Imtiaz Shahid.

COMMENTS (29)

Adnan Siddiqi | 10 years ago | Reply

@Mamu:

Has the top level corruption really been eradicated from KPK in its entirety? Furthermore, the governor and IGP are direct appointees of the federal government and hence if these folks are not indulging in any sort of corruption, it is to the credit of the federal government for appointing such individuals of integrity and character in the first place.

As for CM KPK, the guy is an established tax evader, PTI MPs are openly condoning and themselves indulging in power theft across the province, mining infrastructure worth billions is being provided to the business interests of Jehangir "Learjet" Tareen at taxpayers expense, speaker KPK assembly used his office to illegally appoint his political supporters on key government postings in KPK disregarding merit. These are just a few transgressions one can think of with regard to PTI government's claim of dismantling corruption from KPK. If PTI has zero tolerance for corruption, why didn't the government book QWP ministers on charges of corruption and graft?

Lala | 10 years ago | Reply

@Sam: No use to convince the PMLN supporters. They will never change their stance and blindly follow their 3rd time selected leader.

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