Imran Khan sticks to 'foreign conspiracy' charge ahead of no-trust vote

A day ahead of the noconfidence motion against his government following Supreme Court orders Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday stuck to his foreign conspiracy allegation over efforts by the opposition to oust him from power and said people of the country need to protect sovereignty and selfrespectThere was an attempt to change the regime from the outside they decided from the outside that we dont like him so change him Society has to protect it is not about Imran Khan If the society does not protect its sovereignty then who will Imran Khan said in an interview with PTVImran Khan made a heavy Islamist pitch throughout the interview drawing several references from the life of Prophet Mohammad and the Quran while also talking about the need to inculcate values in the younger generationKhan said that the corrupt opposition politicians destroyed the difference between good and bad in PakistanOur problem is that these corrupt people by ruling this country again and again with an entire setup colluding with them the entire mafia colluding with them even people in the media they destroyed the difference between good and bad If you want to destroy a society destroy the difference between good and bad Imran Khan saidWe have leaders who say beggars are not choosers Imran Khan said referring to Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz PMLN chief Shehbaz Sharif chief who is the opposition candidate to replace Imran Khan if the notrust vote succeedsWe are poor so we are slaves Does that mean we will remain slaves forever They say America has kept us on life support machine When you have leaders like that they destroy the potential of society Khan further said attacking Shehbaz SharifImran Khan government suffered a setback on Thursday as Pakistan Supreme Court set aside the ruling of the Deputy Speaker in which he had rejected the noconfidence motion brough by the oppositionThe court set aside the dissolution of the Pakistan National Assembly and all the subsequent decisions taken It gave directions for holding a sitting of the National Assembly not later than 1030 am on April 9 for the notrust voteReinstating the National Assembly the court also declared that the Prime Minister and federal ministers ministers of state advisers etc stand restored to their respective offices as on April 3The top court further ruled that the National Assembly session on the noconfidence motion must be held on Saturday and must not be adjourned until a vote on the motionDuring the interview Khan made no references to the Supreme Court verdictThis 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