Fawad terms opposition’s endeavor to oust government ‘futile’

JHELUM: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday termed the opposition’s current endeavor to oust the democratically elected PTI government as “futile”, saying their leaders just wanted to keep their members of the Parliament engaged politically.

“The leaderless and aimless alliance of the opposition parties posed no serious threat to the democratically elected government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI),” the federal minister said while addressing a press conference in Pind Dadan Khan, Jhelum.

He added, “We have been hearing for the last 15 to 20 days that the no-trust move was around the corner, but in reality, this is beyond their power as they lack the capacity to bring the motion.”

Referring to the long marches of the opposition parties towards Islamabad, the information minister said it seemed the PTI would have to provide the people with “face-saving and political survival”.

Talking about a viral video in which PPP’s Sharmila Farooqui could be seen riding a donkey cart with party workers, Fawad quipped that he had already offered to provide them with “horses” and “donkeys” for the long march.

Commenting on the meetings between the government allies with the opposition leaders, the minister said politicians took their decisions by reviewing evolving politics and future political discourse.

“Who will prefer to get along with the opposition that does not even know their leader or candidate for the slot of the prime minister,” he questioned.

Commenting on Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Russia, he claimed it was for the first time that Pakistan had demonstrated an independent foreign policy.

“Imran Khan is a brave leader,” Fawad said, reiterating his stance that the country should always have a leader of the former’s stature at the national and international level.

Fawad highlighted that PM Imran had always spoken against initiating a war and that he had expressed regret over the one that broke out in Ukraine.

“Pakistan has always played a role for peace and wants the world to move forward,” he said while pointing to a surge in the prices of oil and wheat across the globe due to the ongoing conflict.