K-P opposition members submit privilege motion against Imran Khan

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

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.