ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Wednesday asserted that Prime Minister Imran Khan will address the nation today to take it into confidence in the light of the prevailing political circumstances.
The minister made the announcement in a brief interaction with journalists as he came out of the cabinet meeting for a quick cigar break. “Voting on the no-confidence motion is on April 3 and the PM will address the nation in the evening,” he said.
Senator Faisal Javed Khan also confirmed the news on Twitter, saying that the prime minister was staying strong for the sake of the nation.
وزیراعظم عمران خان آج شام قوم سے خطاب کریں گے – انشاء اللہ
وزیراعظم عمران خان اپنی قوم کے لیے ڈٹ کر کھڑے ہیں اور انشاء اللہ فتح پاکستان کی ہے – قتح اس قوم کی ہے فتح کپتان کی ہے – pic.twitter.com/NtV8rTNwPI— Faisal Javed Khan (@FaisalJavedKhan) March 30, 2022
Meanwhile, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that PM Imran was a “player who would fight till the last ball”. “You will not get a resignation,” he said.
Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister announced that he would show a “letter” he brandished at the PTI’s March 27 power show, purportedly containing evidence of a foreign conspiracy against the government, to senior journalists and the government’s allies later today.
The development also comes a day after the government said the premier was ready to share the letter with the chief justice of Pakistan. At the same time, it had claimed that the letter could not be presented in parliament due to the “sensitivity” of the issues.
In the PTI’s public meeting in Islamabad on Sunday, the premier had pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and waved it at the crowd, claiming it was evidence of an “international conspiracy” being hatched to topple his government.
“Foreign funding is being used to change the government. Money is coming from abroad and people inside the country are being used. Some of them are unaware they are being used and some are intentionally using this money against us,” he had alleged.
