Islamabad: The hallmark of how low the level of politics can go in Pakistan was seen on Sunday. Anyone is ready to do anything to fulfill their desires. On the one hand, Imran Khan met the President and got the Pak Assembly dissolved and saved his chair from being snatched from the motion of no confidence. On the other hand, the leaders of the opposition parties captured the Parliament to fulfill their wish and declared their party leader and former PM Nawaz Sharif’s brother Shahbaz Sharif as the new Wazir-e-Azam of Pakistan.
As soon as the no-confidence motion was rejected on Sunday, the President’s decision to dissolve the Pak Assembly was so irritating to the leaders of the opposition party that they captured the Parliament itself. Not only this, the assembly started again. Ayaz Sadiq was seated on the speaker’s chair and started the proceedings of the house. Not only declared the deputy speaker’s order rejecting the no-confidence motion invalid, but also declared Shahbaz Sharif as the new prime minister.
Imran Khan is not the only one who makes fun of himself in front of the world. On Sunday, the leaders of opposition parties also proved that they give tough competition to Imran Khan in this matter. Despite the dissolution of the assembly, Shahbaz Sharif, who became the PM in the proceedings of the opposition parties, also addressed the House as the new Prime Minister. Pakistan Peoples Party leader Sherry Rehman tweeted a video in which she claimed that 197 members have elected PML-N MP Ayaz Sadiq as the new speaker.
Imran’s outgoing minister, Fawad Chaudhry, said that Imran Khan will continue with his duties under Article 224 of the Constitution, which deals with elections and by-elections. Hussain tweeted, “Prime Minister will continue with his duties under Article 224 of the Constitution. Cabinet has been dissolved.”
Political turmoil doesn’t mean military
In an interview to a TV channel, Pakistan military spokesman Major General Babar Iftikhar said, “The army has nothing to do with what happened in the National Assembly today.” The mighty Pakistani military, which has ruled the coup-prone country for more than half of its 73-year existence. There has been direct interference from the Pakistani military in matters of security and foreign policy there.