The PTI chief blames the incumbent government for supporting a US-backed conspiracy against his regime
DG Khan: Former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan Thursday said he was “hurt” by the Supreme Court’s judgment in the suo motu case of former National Assembly deputy speaker Qasim Suri’s ruling.
Suri has ruled against the holding of the no-confidence motion against the ex-prime minister.
“I was hurt by the Supreme Court’s judgment,” Khan said at a jalsa in Dera Ghazi Khan in connection with the by-election in Punjab on July 17.
Khan blamed the incumbent government for supporting a US-backed conspiracy against his regime.
In a detailed judgment on the no-confidence ruling, the court noted that no inquiry was ordered into the matter to ascertain the nature or extent of involvement of any person in Pakistan to seek or receive the support of a foreign state to move the no-confidence motion.
Khan asked the courts that when a US undersecretary “threatens” a sitting prime minister of a nation of 220 million people, then isn’t it an embarrassment for the entire country.
The PTI stalwart was referring to Donald Lu, the assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, who he claims was behind the alleged conspiracy that led to his government’s ousted in April.
Although the court has maintained that there was insufficient evidence to back Khan’s claim of the foreign conspiracy, the ex-prime minister’s party has termed the SC’s ruling on the no-confidence as “full of errors”.
PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry also addressed a press conference in Lahore and said his party would get the verdict quashed by the next “representative and elected assembly”.
On the other hand, the coalition government in the light of the SC's judgement has hinted at filing references against the PTI’s top brass.
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