Show some sportsman spirit: Bilawal Bhutto to Imran

April 09, 2022 18:58

Imran Khan is the "first captain who is running from the pitch with wickets because he fears that he will lose the match," Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said in the National Assembly on Saturday, as he asked the embattled Prime Minister to "show some sportsman spirit," before leaving office.

Pakistan Parliament's crucial session to take up a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Khan resumed after a long adjournment on Saturday and voting on the motion is expected to take place in the evening after a discussion on the so-called "foreign conspiracy" against his government.

The PPP Chairman trained his guns on Khan, who was conspicuous by his absence in the National Assembly, when the session began at 10.30 am on Saturday, in line with the landmark Supreme Court order.

"Imran Khan is not present in the Parliament because he cannot defend himself. Conspiracies against the constitution will not succeed," he said, while adding that before Khan leaves his office, he should "show some sportsman spirit."

Bilawal told the Speaker Asad Qaiser that he was violating the Constitution and the court's order.

"You cannot take up anything else except for what is on the agenda. Not only you, the speaker also did the same," he told him, demanding that voting be held on the no-confidence motion.

"If you don't come to today's agenda, then you should know that the opposition will not leave [...] we will snatch our constitutional rights from you."

He said that the government of Khan had lost its majority in the assembly. "We can debate on the foreign conspiracy for 100 days but first conduct voting."

The PPP Chairman alleged that Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was responsible for the premier's troubles, again calling for a vote to be held on the no-confidence motion.

Bilawal, 33, stated that the National Security Committee meeting's minutes do not mention the no-confidence motion in it.

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