ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister and Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday said the opposition put the country’s system at stake for power. He said the opposition auctioned the conscious-sold people.
“They all have been united, even though their ideology and thinking are not same. We are fighting them constitutionally and democratically,” he said in a statement.
The foreign minister said the National Security Committee meeting took some decisions regarding the threatening letter. He said Pakistan handed over the requisite demarches to the concerned country through diplomatic channels as decided in the NSC meeting.
The NSC meeting was summoned on March 31 to express grave concern at the communication from the country, and termed the language used by the foreign official as undiplomatic.
The committee concluded that the communication amounted to blatant interference in the internal affairs of Pakistan by the country in question, which was unacceptable under any circumstances.
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Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the US ambassador was told it was an interference in the internal affairs of Pakistan. He said the Pakistan’s ambassador to the US would also record protest. He said it was the government’s aim to protect the national interests.
He said Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Russia has nothing to do with Ukraine. The visit was scheduled for several months, he added. “They thought it was Imran Khan’s personal decision. The Russia visit was not a decision of an individual,” he maintained.
On the no-confidence motion, he said the government was constitutionally bound to hold the National Assembly session and it did not put any hurdle in it. “We only sought guidance from the Supreme Court regarding the defecting members of the party. The petition in this regard is pending in the court,” he said.
The PTI vice chairman said a political party required confidence of the masses and the people trusted the prime minister. Criticising the former allies, he said the Muttahida Qaumi Movement earlier kept lambasting the Pakistan Peoples Party, but they ended up joining them for some perks.
