Speaking to journalists at the Abbottabad Electronic Media Association’s office on Sunday, the PML-N’s parliamentary leader in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly said the no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Pervez Khattak could be passed from the house again if the need arises.
The no-confidence motion against the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chief minister has been temporarily put off on the recommendations of the prime minister, said Sardar Aurangzeb Nalotha.
According to Nalotha, the decision to postpone the motion against the PTI was solely taken on the advice of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He insisted the motion could be passed again since they have the required majority in the house.
“We are willing to submit the no-confidence motion in future,” he said. However, he did not specify when Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) would submit one against the K-P government.
Earlier, in October, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif dissuaded a small but influential opposition party in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) from submitting a no-confidence motion against the chief minister who is with the PTI. The prime minister immediately shot down the plan, saying his government was pursuing a hands-off policy on any provincial government, even those which are hostile to the PML-N.
In September, PML-N provincial president Pir Sabir Shah had assured his party the no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Pervez Khattak would be followed through in the assembly.
Setting the record straight
In response to a question, Nalotha denied lauding the efforts of the PTI government during his address at the Police Training School. On the contrary, he said, he had simply thanked IGP Nasir Durrani for the reforms he had introduced in the department.
“The performance of the K-P police is still unsatisfactory and the ever-increasing crime rate reflects the poor performance of the K-P police,” he said.
Nalotha pressed PTI Chairperson Imran Khan to put an end to his sit-in in Islamabad and to improve the performance of his government. “The sit-ins have caused irreparable loss to the national economy,” he said.
“Imran should play his role in the economic betterment of the province and the country as well.”
According to Nalotha, free medicines and Zakat funds have been suspended over the past year and a half and the underprivileged have not received access to health care.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 17th, 2014.
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