Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday said that they would expel the PTI lawmakers, who had sold out their votes in the Senate elections.
“We will not tolerate such practices in our party and will ensure strict against wrong doers,” he said while talking to media after chairing the party’s central executive committee meeting today.
He further said that they are also in consultation with their lawyers over challenging the proceedings of the polls for Senate elections in the province.
He said that that party members who sold their votes during the Senate elections would be removed.
With regards to the demand of a separate province in south Punjab by ruling party members, Imran said he supports the move and added that had local governments been empowered enough there would be no demand of another province.
“We brought the chairman Senate from Balochistan to strengthen the federation,” said the PTI chief, adding that the party is striving for FATA to get rights.
Khan added that the people of Pakistan were pleased with the recent decisions of the Supreme Court. Imran questioned the government’s intention of introducing next year’s federal budget when it is about to end its tenure.
“The government’s tenure is ending in 45 days but it is presenting next year’s budget,” he complained, adding that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak will not present the province’s budget.
Imran also praised the apex court’s decision on granting voting rights to overseas Pakistanis and condemned his political opponent Fazlur Rehman’s statement regarding them.
Talking about caretaker governments, he said they are brought in Pakistan as there is a fear of rigging and dishonesty. He claimed that the last caretaker government had failed to ensure free and fair elections. He said that the party meeting has decided to initiate the election campaign from Lahore and the first public gathering of the campaign would be held at Minar-e-Pakistan, Lahore on April 29.
Khan blamed the PML-N and its coalition partners JUI-F and PkMAP for hindering the process of merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas with KPK.
“It is due to Nawaz Sharif, Moulana Fazl ur Rehman and Mehmood Achakzai, who had created hindrances in merging FATA with KPK,” he said and supported the move to merge FATA with the province, a demanded that has been supported by top political parties and the military brass.
Referring to the court proceedings against Nawaz Sharif, Khan said that for the first time judiciary has tried to nab top corrupt people of the country and the entire nation stands with them in their efforts to purge the society from corrupt practices.
Speaking on the reports of the cleaning of barracks at the Adiala Prison, the political opponent of Nawaz asked as to why the cleaning process has began and when the poor people are sent prison on petty crimes, they had to live in worst conditions.
“The cleaning process has began in fear that Nawaz might had to spend time there,” he said. Speaking on interim government, he said that the interim setup should be undisputed as this system is installed in the country in over ensure elections under an unbiased system.
Speaking on the budget for the next fiscal year, Khan said that the incumbent government is not mandated to pass the budget for the next fiscal year and he had also directed the KPK government to pass the budget for initial months rather than the fiscal year.
