Will welcome Imran Khan as Opposition leader in NA: Asif Ali Zardari

[MenInG]

As the Supreme Court nullified Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri’s ruling to reject the no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, former president and PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari said Thursday he would welcome Prime Minister Imran Khan as the Opposition leader in the National Assembly.

On Thursday, in a landmark judgment, the SC restored the National Assembly (NA) after it declared the government's decision to dissolve the Assembly and NA Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri's ruling against the Constitution.

The top court has ordered NA Speaker Asad Qasier to summon the session on Saturday (April 9) not later than 10:30 am to allow the vote on the no-confidence motion against the premier.

Following the court’s verdict, Asif Ali Zardari, in a statement, said he would welcome PM Imran Khan as the opposition leader in the National Assembly.

“After electing Shahbaz Sharif as Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan will become opposition leader and I will welcome him,” said Asif Zardari

The former president further hoped that Prime Minister Imran Khan will play a democratic role as an opposition leader.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/410226-asif-zardari-to-welcome-pm-imran-khan-as-opposition-leader-in-na

 

[Savak]

This is IK's best possible move so far. I think he should take it after obtaining guarantees that the opposition will not harrass him.

 

[Mamoon]

This is IK's best possible move so far. I think he should take it after obtaining guarantees that the opposition will not harrass him.

He has been harassing the opposition for 3 and a half years now. Why will he get the guarantee that he will not be harassed?

Why will he be, or should be, treated differently?

 

[daytrader]

He has been harassing the opposition for 3 and a half years now. Why will he get the guarantee that he will not be harassed?

Why will he be, or should be, treated differently?

Lo jee, Mr. 150+ IQ and that's what you deduce. Has the opposition not been harassing him for 3.5 years. They didn't let him do anything except create obstacles

 

[Mamoon]

Lo jee, Mr. 150+ IQ and that's what you deduce. Has the opposition not been harassing him for 3.5 years. They didn't let him do anything except create obstacles

That is the job of the opposition. To create obstacles and put pressure on the opposition. Please learn the definition of “opposition”.

Every opposition does this, and when Imran was in the opposition, he went beyond the traditional norms.

He openly encouraged his supporters to not pay taxes, not pay bills and create anarchy. He failed to realize that this doesn’t impact the incumbent government; it impacts the architecture of the economy.

Imran and his supporters do not know the first thing about politics and governance. He is nothing but a cricketer; what does he know about public administration?

Forget about holding office - he never had a proper job in his life before being selected as PM.

It is the job of the opposition to create pressure and lay obstacles and it is the job of the incumbent government to absorb that pressure and navigate around those obstacles.

When PTI came into power in 2018, it was clear as daylight that they did not have a plan and a working strategy. The backbone of any government is its economy because this is what drives everything else.

Imran and his government were completely clueless on how to drive Pakistan’s economy. He changed his finance minister more often than he changed clothes which showed that the PTI government had no idea what they were doing.

They were making things up as they went along and adopted a Hail Mary approach, hoping that something would work.

Furthermore, they also adopted a very convenient strategy where they would deflect all the blame on the performance of the previous governments.

The success and failure of any government is measured by its deliverance and not what it inherited. Imran and his government’s deliverance was zero.

He kept poking the opposition and continued to focus on what they did rather than look forward to what his government is doing or should be doing.

He was and is high on cricker euphoria, over-promised, over-committed and got carried away. Ultimately, he delivered nothing. The World Cup fluke certainly proved to be very costly.

Only if it didn’t rain against England - this country would not have gone through this nightmare.

By far the most incompetent and clueless government in Pakistan’s history. Imran is done, but the damage that he did will linger on for a few years.

 

[Major]

Lo jee, Mr. 150+ IQ and that's what you deduce. Has the opposition not been harassing him for 3.5 years. They didn't let him do anything except create obstacles

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Better to read a newspaper if you live in pakistan.

If imran was harrassed by the oppositiong even though he held the majority than that shows imran is very incompetent as a pm...

Anywyas the whole issue was the no discussion with opposition leader on bills and getting presidential ordinances passed....

Imran created obsticles for himself by not discussing bills with opposition

 

[Mamoon]

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Better to read a newspaper if you live in pakistan.

If imran was harrassed by the oppositiong even though he held the majority than that shows imran is very incompetent as a pm...

Anywyas the whole issue was the no discussion with opposition leader on bills and getting presidential ordinances passed....

Imran created obsticles for himself by not discussing bills with opposition

It is the job of the opposition to create pressure and it is the job of the government to absorb that pressure.

Opposition exists for a reason - it is part of the checks and balance on the government. Without opposition, there is no incentive for the government to deliver.

As I said above, PTI supporters don’t know the first thing about politics and public administration. A bunch of clueless, brainwashed sheep with blind faith in a false messiah.

 

[daytrader]

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Better to read a newspaper if you live in pakistan.

If imran was harrassed by the oppositiong even though he held the majority than that shows imran is very incompetent as a pm...

Anywyas the whole issue was the no discussion with opposition leader on bills and getting presidential ordinances passed....

Imran created obsticles for himself by not discussing bills with opposition

He's a man of principle and has maintained he won't sit with the corrupt. If the opposition is hoping he will change his tune, that's not gonna happen. Imran is stronger in opposition and will continue dishing it out to them.

PS we live in a digital age my friend, newspapers are found online. I don't have to be in Pakistan to read your Dawn

 

[daytrader]

That is the job of the opposition. To create obstacles and put pressure on the opposition. Please learn the definition of “opposition”.

Every opposition does this, and when Imran was in the opposition, he went beyond the traditional norms.

He openly encouraged his supporters to not pay taxes, not pay bills and create anarchy. He failed to realize that this doesn’t impact the incumbent government; it impacts the architecture of the economy.

Imran and his supporters do not know the first thing about politics and governance. He is nothing but a cricketer; what does he know about public administration?

Forget about holding office - he never had a proper job in his life before being selected as PM.

It is the job of the opposition to create pressure and lay obstacles and it is the job of the incumbent government to absorb that pressure and navigate around those obstacles.

When PTI came into power in 2018, it was clear as daylight that they did not have a plan and a working strategy. The backbone of any government is its economy because this is what drives everything else.

Imran and his government were completely clueless on how to drive Pakistan’s economy. He changed his finance minister more often than he changed clothes which showed that the PTI government had no idea what they were doing.

They were making things up as they went along and adopted a Hail Mary approach, hoping that something would work.

Furthermore, they also adopted a very convenient strategy where they would deflect all the blame on the performance of the previous governments.

The success and failure of any government is measured by its deliverance and not what it inherited. Imran and his government’s deliverance was zero.

He kept poking the opposition and continued to focus on what they did rather than look forward to what his government is doing or should be doing.

He was and is high on cricker euphoria, over-promised, over-committed and got carried away. Ultimately, he delivered nothing. The World Cup fluke certainly proved to be very costly.

Only if it didn’t rain against England - this country would not have gone through this nightmare.

By far the most incompetent and clueless government in Pakistan’s history. Imran is done, but the damage that he did will linger on for a few years.

Well if you want to compare good governance look at any economic KPIs. Pakistan has been performing better under Imran than at any point when the reigns were with the 3 stooges and that too with a global pandemic. There's a whole thread on this. And no, opposition's job isn't just to create obstacles, they're a crucial part of government. Did they introduce any bills in this time period for the betterment of the economy or the Pakistani public? What initiatives have they taken aside from trying to overthrow the government

 

[Major]

He's a man of principle and has maintained he won't sit with the corrupt. If the opposition is hoping he will change his tune, that's not gonna happen. Imran is stronger in opposition and will continue dishing it out to them.

PS we live in a digital age my friend, newspapers are found online. I don't have to be in Pakistan to read your Dawn

As expected you are not aware of parliamentary politics.

Principles shrincippes dont matter here.

In parliamentary govt you work with the opposition, no matter what. One of the reasons why ppp and pmln kept on throwing each other off i. The 90s was because pmln never ubderstood this. After mushraffe came thats when pmln learned that in parliamentary govr you have to learn to work eith the opposition.

To pass a bill you need to have discussion you cant pass presidential ordinance as thats anpower reserved for emeregency.

If pti dont learn from this, than even a majority in future will not help them.

The reason why their own mnas turned against then was because of this

 

[Mamoon]

He's a man of principle and has maintained he won't sit with the corrupt. If the opposition is hoping he will change his tune, that's not gonna happen. Imran is stronger in opposition and will continue dishing it out to them.

PS we live in a digital age my friend, newspapers are found online. I don't have to be in Pakistan to read your Dawn

A man of principle?

He flushed his entire ideology down the toilet when he gave party tickets to seasoned and crook politicians to capitalize on their vote banks.

He promised fresh faces but when he realized that fresh faces don’t win votes, he decided to dry clean the same old faces. What principle is this? He made a mockery of his tabdeeli slogan.

You cannot bring tabdeeli with the same old people.

Secondly, his election campaign was financed by Jahangir Tareen, a certified fraud and money-launderer. Do you think Imran was not aware of what Jahangir Tareen was up to?

His entire election campaign was financed by his black money. Is this an example of a principled man?

Imran is a freeloader. He has been hoarding and living off mafias for decades who saw him as an investment. Imran is the least principled man you will come across.

 

[wasim-fan]

A man of principle?

He flushed his entire ideology down the toilet when he gave party tickets to seasoned and crook politicians to capitalize on their vote banks.

He promised fresh faces but when he realized that fresh faces don’t win votes, he decided to dry clean the same old faces. What principle is this? He made a mockery of his tabdeeli slogan.

You cannot bring tabdeeli with the same old people.

Secondly, his election campaign was financed by Jahangir Tareen, a certified fraud and money-launderer. Do you think Imran was not aware of what Jahangir Tareen was up to?

His entire election campaign was financed by his black money. Is this an example of a principled man?

Imran is a freeloader. He has been hoarding and living off mafias for decades who saw him as an investment. Imran is the least principled man you will come across.

Chicken coming home to roast. I guess the dream was too good to be true,

 

[daytrader]

A man of principle?

He flushed his entire ideology down the toilet when he gave party tickets to seasoned and crook politicians to capitalize on their vote banks.

He promised fresh faces but when he realized that fresh faces don’t win votes, he decided to dry clean the same old faces. What principle is this? He made a mockery of his tabdeeli slogan.

You cannot bring tabdeeli with the same old people.

Secondly, his election campaign was financed by Jahangir Tareen, a certified fraud and money-launderer. Do you think Imran was not aware of what Jahangir Tareen was up to?

His entire election campaign was financed by his black money. Is this an example of a principled man?

Imran is a freeloader. He has been hoarding and living off mafias for decades who saw him as an investment. Imran is the least principled man you will come across.

His ideology is to root out corruption, those that came to him, came under this banner. He's not a psychic that can read hearts and minds and people's true intentions. You know the sayin that there's always a few bad apples, well in Pakistan it's the other way. There's only a few good apples and most are rotten. And this sir, is due to poor governance and corruption of the two political dynasties over the past 35 years. That's basically 3 to 4 generations growing up accepting corruption in some form in their lives, whether they're accomplice to it or not, they do bear with it. So how can you expect all this to change in 3 years?

 

[daytrader]

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] will finish this later, IK on TV

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Good to see Mr 10% at least speaking openly now, hopefully this will see the phasing out of his useless son who has been pushed into an unconvincing lead role until now.

 

[Major]

Hopefully Zardari saab will make Bilawal Bhutto the Foreign Minister and save the foreign relations especially with USA.

Bilawal Bhutto's first step in politics as a Foreign Minister, MASHALLAH just like his Grand Father Bhutto Saab who held the position of Foreign Minister before becoming President and than Prime Minister

 

[Bewal Express]

He has been harassing the opposition for 3 and a half years now. Why will he get the guarantee that he will not be harassed?

Why will he be, or should be, treated differently?

Really? Bar the SS case, all the cases were made by AZ against them or NS against AZ. My friend lies in Ramazan isn't a good idea

 

[Manunited18]

Hopefully Zardari saab will make Bilawal Bhutto the Foreign Minister and save the foreign relations especially with USA.

Bilawal Bhutto's first step in politics as a Foreign Minister, MASHALLAH just like his Grand Father Bhutto Saab who held the position of Foreign Minister before becoming President and than Prime Minister

What do you mean by relations with yanks?

Open to providing air space for further drone attacks?

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Hopefully Zardari saab will make Bilawal Bhutto the Foreign Minister and save the foreign relations especially with USA.

Bilawal Bhutto's first step in politics as a Foreign Minister, MASHALLAH just like his Grand Father Bhutto Saab who held the position of Foreign Minister before becoming President and than Prime Minister

LOL at the comparisons of Billo with his grandfather. You do realise the the great Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was regime changed by the US precisely because he wouldn't bend over?

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

Good to see Mr 10% at least speaking openly now, hopefully this will see the phasing out of his useless son who has been pushed into an unconvincing lead role until now.

Unlikely. The PDM members were congratulating Bilawal after the NCV. He will probably be given a ministry in the new govt. It would be a very sad day for Pakistan if Bilawal ever became PM.

 

[Major]

LOL at the comparisons of Billo with his grandfather. You do realise the the great Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was regime changed by the US precisely because he wouldn't bend over?

Bhutto saabs ouster has little to do with US and more to do with Zia.

Had USA wanted to remove him than they would had kept him alive.

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

Imran has been the most docile person in power and time will prove this. His pacifism and going by the book have resulted in him being ousted otherwise he could have clung onto it pretty easily despite all that was happening.

1. No media restriction and no clampdown on dissenting voices. Nawaz had Maryam for media management and PPP literally kills anyone who reports against them.

2. No control over the bureaucracy. No one in Punjab or Sindh ever goes against these two parties because they know they'll take vengeance. The entire "qabza mafia" and local goons are controlled by these parties and everyone just plays along. If you can't beat them, join them is the option that people take and get their pound of meat. Punjab & Sindh police are literally the personal slave armies of these parties.

I hope he learns a trick or two from these parties in the next few days instead of just "let's have a candle light vigil and a peaceful protest" kind of thing. PTI needs a strong rebuttal and an active volunteer force that takes the revenge tactics head on otherwise they'll end up as a party within a few months.

 

[moghul]

This is IK's best possible move so far. I think he should take it after obtaining guarantees that the opposition will not harrass him.

They cannot harass a fearless guy.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Bhutto saabs ouster has little to do with US and more to do with Zia.

Had USA wanted to remove him than they would had kept him alive.

Thanks for giving us the official view from the US. Mr 10% is back in charge, would you back him as your leader or his pandered son? That is the important question here.

 

[daytrader]

Zardari is the biggest liar. He said he'll accept IK in opposition but then yesterday in Parliament he's like we will work with everyone except one man...master of U turns

 

[bones]

Hopefully Zardari saab will make Bilawal Bhutto the Foreign Minister and save the foreign relations especially with USA.

Bilawal Bhutto's first step in politics as a Foreign Minister, MASHALLAH just like his Grand Father Bhutto Saab who held the position of Foreign Minister before becoming President and than Prime Minister

Relations with the USA lol.

You mean return to licking their rear-end for fighter jets and pocket money. People like you are the reason we're stuck in the dark ages and will never get out. For the best part of 5 decades we had an American leash around our necks - where did that get us? We were a laughing stock - home to corruption, terrorists and no development.

 

[Major]

Relations with the USA lol.

You mean return to licking their rear-end for fighter jets and pocket money. People like you are the reason we're stuck in the dark ages and will never get out. For the best part of 5 decades we had an American leash around our necks - where did that get us? We were a laughing stock - home to corruption, terrorists and no development.

Its always good to look at your balance of payment first before coming writing a post and hitting enter.

It is always good to have a basic understanding of economics. I wont argue with you as you obvious never seen the countrys bop in detail

 

[saeedhk]

Imran has been the most docile person in power and time will prove this. His pacifism and going by the book have resulted in him being ousted otherwise he could have clung onto it pretty easily despite all that was happening.

1. No media restriction and no clampdown on dissenting voices. Nawaz had Maryam for media management and PPP literally kills anyone who reports against them.

2. No control over the bureaucracy. No one in Punjab or Sindh ever goes against these two parties because they know they'll take vengeance. The entire "qabza mafia" and local goons are controlled by these parties and everyone just plays along. If you can't beat them, join them is the option that people take and get their pound of meat. Punjab & Sindh police are literally the personal slave armies of these parties.

I hope he learns a trick or two from these parties in the next few days instead of just "let's have a candle light vigil and a peaceful protest" kind of thing. PTI needs a strong rebuttal and an active volunteer force that takes the revenge tactics head on otherwise they'll end up as a party within a few months.

My sentiments exactly! He never put his foot down and crushed corrupt elements. He was too nice and thought justice would take its own course when it came to PML-N and PPP corruption and cruelty.

 

[MenInG]

Mr. 10% he was known as - may turn out to be the sane one in this gang of thieves. Lets see if he shows his true colours or not.

 

[MenInG]

Former president Asif Ali Zardari has claimed that ex-prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan is afraid of lizards.

"I have remained in police station's (jails) for three months [...] but on the other hand, Imran Khan is afraid of lizards," Zardari said during Geo News programme "Capital Talk".

Taking a jibe at the PTI chairman, the ex-president said Khan was detained for eight hours — in 2007 during the lawyer's movement — and over there, it came to light that he was afraid of lizards.

"If Imran Khan will be put in jail, then it will be an enormous problem for this gora (white) sahab," he added.

GEO

 

[Local.Dada]

Wow never thought I would have anything common with the great Imran Khan but looks like irrational fear of lizards is a common factor. I can understand.

Out of all the things to be afraid of in a prison, now all of a sudden lizard tops my list too. Obviously I am taking a leap of faith that mr.Zardari is telling the truth without any sarcasm or exaggeration.

 

[Markhor]

Wow never thought I would have anything common with the great Imran Khan but looks like irrational fear of lizards is a common factor. I can understand.

Out of all the things to be afraid of in a prison, now all of a sudden lizard tops my list too. Obviously I am taking a leap of faith that mr.Zardari is telling the truth without any sarcasm or exaggeration.

I would say a fear of lizards is very rational

Strange comment from Zardari.

 

[MenInG]

Former president and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari called PTI chairperson Imran Khan a liar, saying his hatred is not for Imran Khan, but his mindset, Geo News reported Wednesday.

During an interview on Geo News programme Capital Talk, Asif Ali Zardari called former prime minister Imran Khan a liar.

“Imran Khan has been lying since the beginning, though we do not hate him, but his mindset,” said Asif Zardari.

Zardari also rebutted Imran Khan’s allegation of ousting him through a no-confidence motion with the help of the US.

PTI chairman Imran Khan is the first prime minister of Pakistan to have been voted out through a no-trust motion.

On Saturday, the National Assembly conducted a vote on the no-trust motion against Imran Khan and a total of 174 votes were cast in favour of the motion.

“We had been in contact with Khan’s allies for the last three years to remove him from power," said Zardari, adding that he also held secret meetings with PM Shehbaz Sharif in connection with the no-trust motion against Imran Khan.

Talking about wooing Khan’s allies to vote against him in the no-trust motion, the former president went on to say, “I am a guarantor in all agreements made with allies and we will fulfil all of their legitimate demands.”

“I am also a guarantor with MQM-P, however, someone has misguided PML-Q, but we still want them to join us," he said.

Responding to becoming a part of PM Shehbaz’s cabinet as PPP has the second-largest members in the NA of the coalition government, Asif Zardari said Bilawal inclusion will be decided according to the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC).

“Bilawal Bhutto as Foreign Minister of Pakistan will be decided in PPP’s CEC meeting,” he said.

GEO

 

[MenInG]

Former president and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said he has taken the responsibility of implementing the agreements that former allies of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government signed before the vote on no-confidence resolution against ex-premier Imran Khan, adding that he was also a “guarantor” in the accord signed with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P).

In an exclusive interview with Geo TV on Wednesday, Mr Zardari said since he had gathered all political parties together to oust the PTI government, it was also his responsibility to oversee the implementation of the agreements signed with all allies, including the MQM-P, Balochistan National Party (BNP-M) of Akhtar Mengal, Shahzain Bugti of Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) and Khalid Magsi of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP).

Asked about the chances of success of the alliance with the MQM-P, Mr Zardari said people called Karachi a city of 22 million but he believed it was a city of 30 million people. Improvement of Karachi was necessary for improvement of Sindh and Pakistan, he said.

The PPP leader denied the allegations of horse-trading, saying he was totally against this practice. “Who can buy (Akhtar) Mengal, (Shahzain) Bugti or (Khalid) Magsi?” he asked. He said allied political parties only talked about the next elections with PTI dissidents as some of them might get PPP ticket, some PML-N’s ticket and some could obtain the ticket of JUI-F.


Bilawal compares situation after no-trust vote with storming of Capitol Hill

Asked to give the time frame for the next general elections, he said it would be a collective decision of all allies. The coalition was not afraid of going into elections, but it wanted to first fix issues related to finance and foreign policy matters which had been damaged by the PTI regime.

About allegations by Imran Khan regarding the foreign conspiracy behind his ouster, Mr Zardari said the US perhaps even did not remember [issues of] Pakistan nowadays as it was busy in other important issues such as dealing with Russia and economic recession in the country due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mr Khan was a ‘habitual liar’ and talked with ‘too much exaggeration’, the former president said.

The PPP leader said the PTI chief had the wrong impression that he would sweep elections if they were held immediately. Even after the 2018 general elections, the PTI had managed to form the government with the help of independents who had been brought close to the party by Jahangir Tarin.

He was of the opinion that President Arif Alvi should have administered the oath to PM Shehbaz Sharif.

About the smear campaign against an institution, Mr Zardari said no one could stop such campaigns by force and it was the responsibility of the leadership of political parties to play their due role to stop it. He noted that the PTI’s social media was well-entrenched. He said the Constitution had determined the jurisdiction of every institution. “Neither the military should intervene in civilian issues nor civilians should meddle with the affairs of the army,” Mr Zardari asserted.

According to him, inflation was the biggest challenge being faced by the country today as attention should be given to deal with that challenge.



Published in Dawn, April 14th, 2022

 

[FearlessRoar]

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari says he welcomes the political rivals participating in elections.

Speaking to workers at Gohar Palace in Khangarh tehsil of Ghotki, the former president said their decision to remove the PTI chairman was not motivated by quest for power but it was meant for protecting the country.

He drew attention to pressing global issues, notably the situation in Palestine, where he asserted that he was among the first to raise concerns about the oppression faced by the Muslims. He expressed his dismay over the situation.

Zardari stressed his party's unwavering commitment to serving the people and the less privileged, emphasising that their politics and philosophy revolved around this goal.

He also admitted Pakistan's challenges and said his party would pull the country out of the quagmire.

Source: Dunya News