Imran Khan hints at early elections, says Oppn part of conspiracy to remove him

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that it would be a nice idea to go into early elections after the vote on noconfidence motion and reiterated that the Opposition is part of an international conspiracy to remove his governmentOur people who have run away referring to the coalition allies of PTI It is obvious that we cant run the government with them even if we get a majority So it will be better for Pakistan to conduct an election so that everything is clear about who stands where Imran Khan said during an interview with ARY NewsImran Khan used the occasion to reiterate his claims of a foreign conspiracy and lambasted the countrys Opposition particularly Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz PMLN President Shehbaz Sharif for being part of an international plot to remove the Pakistani governmentThe Opposition is part of an international conspiracy to remove the government I invited Shehbaz Sharif to a meeting of Parliaments security council but he did not come because he is part of the conspiracy the Opposition boycotted the meeting Khan saidSignalling that he may lose the vote on noconfidence on Sunday Khan raised questions about the Opposition running the government saying that the Opposition leaders were only busy distributing portfolios among themselvesImran Khan also underscored that he wont resign and that he will fight till the last ball is bowled and the match is lostIn an address to the nation on Thursday Pakistans embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan had raised a foreign conspiracy charge amid the oppositions growing confidence about the notrust motion against his government that is pending in the National AssemblyThe United States Imran Khan said in a slip of the tongue and then stated that a foreign country had sent a threatening memo which was against the Pakistani nationOn March 8 or before that on March 7 the US sent us anot the US but a foreign country sent us a message The reason why I talking about thisfor an independent country to receive such a message this is against me and the country he saidLater in the day the United States rejected insinuations made by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan regarding Washingtons role in the alleged foreign conspiracy to oust him from powerThere is no truth to these allegations We are closely following developments in Pakistan We respect and support Pakistans constitutional process and the rule of law a US State Department spokesperson told ANIIn Pakistans National Assembly the notrust vote against the Imran Khan government was deferred to April 3 The proceedings of the National Assembly were adjourned till April 3 soon after it met on Thursday to discuss the noconfidence motionEarlier on Monday Pakistan Muslim League PMLN President Shahbaz Sharif tabled the noconfidence motionImran Khan is the third Prime Minister to face the noconfidence motion in PakistanAfter the noconfidence motion was tabled with a total of 161 votes in favour the proceedings of the National Assembly were adjourned till March 31Imran Khan received a massive blow when the PTI lost the majority in the National Assembly after losing its key ally in the coalition Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan MQMP The MQM announced on Wednesday that it had struck a deal with the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party PPP and would support the notrust vote in the 342member National AssemblyThe governments survival depends on the support of allies such as MQMP 7 seats BAP 5 seats PMLQ 5 seats GDA 3 seats AML 1 seat JWP 1 seat and two independentsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever