The Congress leaders also felt "little differences" between the 137-year-old party and other opposition parties should be kept aside as non-BJP leaders attempt to unite to defeat 'a fundamental force' like the BJP.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, facing the no-trust motion and government's existentional crisis, on Thursday addressed the nation and said that his government's foreign policy is not driven by being anti-India or anti-America. In his address to the nation Live, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan claims that a foreign nation sent a message to them (Pakistan) that Imran Khan needs to be removed else Pakistan will suffer consequences.
Pakistan Deputy Speaker adjourned the House till 11 am on Sunday, amid vociferous protest from opposition lawmakers.
Khan, 69, came to power in 2018 with promises to create a ‘Naya Pakistan’ but miserably failed to address the basic problem of keeping the prices of commodities in control, giving air to the sails of opposition ships to make war on his government.
Thousands of supporters of the prime minister came in trains, public vehicles and private cars to attend the “historic” rally of the ruling party.
PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz asked the prime minister to show some self-respect and urged him to resign instead of seeking time to cling onto power.
"They (opposition) are buying the parliamentarians openly. I want the people to join me against this crime being committed against democracy and the nation. Let us show them that we are against these looters who are buying the public representatives through their money," said Khan in his message.
Imran Khan, 69, is heading a coalition government and he can be removed if some of the partners decide to switch sides, which is not unusual in parliamentary democracies.
Tharoor also slammed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan over his visit to Russia amid the developments and cited the example of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who in 1979 as the then foreign minister had cut short his visit to China when Beijing attacked Vietnam.
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that preparations for the visit of Prime Minister Khan were underway, the state-run TASS news agency reported on Sunday.
Taking to Twitter, Imran Khan said, "with the death of Lata Mangeshkar the subcontinent has lost one of the truly great singers the world has known."
Pak PM Imran Khan said that if he takes to the streets, then opposition parties won't find any place to hide, adding that he would be more dangerous if forced to step down.
Imran Khan said inclusive growth was needed but Pakistan had to go after loans from institutions like the International Monetary Fund, lamenting that the country never had a plan to secure itself economically.
Abbasi said the government would now "rig" the next general elections, just like it had "rigged" the Daska by-elections.
The AAP leader referred to remarks of Sidhu made during a visit to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan in which he had termed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan as "elder brother".
Speaking to the media in Lahore, Pakistani minister Ashrafi further said that women should not be "unnecessarily featured in advertisements", adding that he is against such practices, the report said.
On Monday, the Pakistan military's media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations issued a notification regarding the appointment of Lt General Nadeem Ahmed Anjum as DG ISI despite the fact that his appointment was not issued by PM Khan's office.
The TTP, commonly known as the Pakistani Taliban, is a banned terrorist organisation based along the Afghan-Pakistan border.
When asked why the TTP was carrying out attacks on Pakistani security forces when they were in talks with the government, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said it was just a "spate of attacks".
Pakistan, which had suffered due to the spillover of conflict and instability in Afghanistan, had an interest in a peaceful and stable Afghanistan, Pakistan PM said.
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