‘Establishment’ Gave Me Three Options: Resignation, No-confidence Vote Or Elections
Islamabad, April 2: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan claimed that the “establishment” gave him three options: “resignation, no-confidence [vote] or elections”, following the filing of a no-confidence motion against him in the National Assembly, Dawn reported on Saturday.
Khan said this during an interview while responding to questions about whether the opposition, government or “another party” had proposed early elections and his resignation as options.
Khan added that when he was presented with the three options, “We said elections is the best option, I cannot even think about resigning and as far as the no-confidence vote is concerned, I believe in fighting till the end”.
On the point of several members of his party having defected to the opposition camp ahead of the no-trust vote, Khan said that even if the opposition’s no-trust move failed, “We cannot run the government with such people (defectors)”. On being asked whether he was prepared to go for early elections, he replied, “If we win [in] this [no-confidence] vote, it is a very good idea to go for early elections”.
Earlier in the interview, Khan claimed that there was a threat to his life, claiming that those conspiring to topple his government were “scared knowing that even if he is ousted, the public will continue to support him”. This statement by Khan came hours after Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry had claimed that a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Imran Khan had been reported by the country’s security agencies.
