Asad Qaiser suggests PM Shehbaz to quit as govt will ‘cease to exist’ by December

ISLAMABAD, SEP 23 (DNA) : Former National Assembly speaker and PTI leader Asad Qaiser has said that the government will not last till December, it is better that Shehbaz Sharif resigns himself.

Speaking in Dunya News’ programme “Tonight with Samar Abbas” on Sunday night, he said the nation has been reeling under inflation and unrest. There are no representatives of the people in the current assembly, he added.

“The government is trying to take away our reserved seats,” the former speaker said and added that the PTI was playing its role as opposition in the assembly.

Talking about the Lahore rally, he dared parties to “organise a rally under the circumstances we held the jalsa.

“The Lahore rally was a historic rally.”

He said raids were conducted before the rally to arrest PTI workers and leaders, he continued.

Asad challenged “Mian Sahib to hold a rally having half of our rally’s participation.”

The PTI leader deplored that the government has crossed all moral limits. “Fundamental rights are suspended in the country. The Punjab government used every illegal tactic to stop the rally. The government has failed. We have decided to go to any extent to fight them.”

He said that the government was flouting the orders of the judiciary.

He announced that the PTI core committee would meet on Monday to chalk out a future course of action.

The former speaker said that “we are running out of options. We will soon be on roads. The country would be run democratically.”

Asad Qaiser said that the government has no mandate. It has exhausted all its options. The PTI founder is kept in jail only to exact revenge on him. Frivolous cases have been registered against him.”

Regarding resignations from assemblies, he said it could take some time as “we will take our allies on board in this regard.

“In a couple of weeks, we will engage the parties of every province [on resignations].”

He said the PTI has no other option left except launching a movement for the ouster of the government. “We want Maulana Fazlur Rahman and other parties to be on board with us.

Asad expressed unhappiness at the decisions of the chief justice and requested him to decide cases according to the law.