Pak PM Imran Khan addressed a huge rally before the vote on the no-confidence motion.

Islamabad:

Ahead of the vote on the no-confidence motion, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday addressed a massive rally in which he claimed that foreign powers were involved in the "conspiracy" to topple his coalition government.

Addressing the rally of his party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party at Parade Ground in Islamabad, Khan said that foreign elements are using local politicians to decide the foreign policy of the country.

He insisted that he had as evidence a letter corroborating his claims.

In his speech of over one-and-a-half hours, Khan said, "Efforts are being made to change the government in Pakistan through foreign funds.

Our people are being used.

Most of the people are unaware of this but some people are using this money against us." He said, "We know what is being done to put pressure on us.

We have been threatened in writing but we will not compromise on national interests.

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Khan said, "The letter I have is proof and I challenge anyone who doubts this letter to prove it false."

We have to decide how long we will live like this.

We are getting threats.

There are many things about the foreign conspiracy that will be shared very soon." The Dawn newspaper quoted Prime Minister Khan as saying that the poor countries were backward because the law failed to catch the rich people involved in committing white-collar crimes. Is.

They send the stolen and looted money to foreign banks.

Some thieves don't destroy the country like big thieves do.

He said, possibly referring to former Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan Peoples Party leader and former President Asif Ali Zardari and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam leader Fazlur Rehman. Whoever comes, why should my government or my life not be lost, I will not forgive them.

For Khan's rally, the government had arranged special trains for his supporters from different cities to reach here on Sunday.

Political agitation has increased in Pakistan after the notice of a no-confidence motion was given by the opposition parties in the National Assembly Secretariat on March 8.

It has been alleged in the notice that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party led by Prime Minister Imran Khan is responsible for the economic crisis in the country and the rising inflation.

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Pakistan Railways was requested to run special trains by the Imran Khan government to bring its party workers from Lahore and other cities.

Thousands of Khan's supporters came in trains, public vehicles and private cars to attend the ruling party's historic rally.

The caravan of Khan's party came from Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and other cities and reached the parade ground to participate in the rally.

The rally was called by Khan as he is trying to fight his battle against an alleged conspiracy by a group of opposition leaders.

Apart from this, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), a coalition of opposition parties, is also going to do a political program in Islamabad on Monday.

The PDM includes Jamiat-e-Islam Fazl and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.

The PDM has decided to show its strength a day later, which will coincide with the session of the National Assembly, when the no-confidence motion is about to be formally moved in the House.

At the same time, another major protest march was started from Lahore on Saturday under the leadership of PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz and her close relative Hamza Shahbaz (Shahbaz Sharif's daughter).

It is scheduled to reach Islamabad on Monday via GT Road to attend the opposition rally.

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"This (March) will prove to be the last nail in the coffin of the Imran Khan-led government," Maryam told her supporters. Imran Khan is heading a coalition government.

Khan's allies are shunning him while his party's nearly two dozen MPs are revolting against him.

Khan's (69) party has 155 members in the 342-member National Assembly and will need the support of at least 172 MPs to remain in government.

Before the no-confidence motion, Pakistan PM Imran Khan's big rally in Islamabad




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