Imran Khan, who was expelled as Pakistani prime minister on On Saturday, they threatened to impose martial law, not manually over power opposition, according to documents seen by the Guardian.
According to law enforcers and opposition figures, he tried several times moves Keep on to power in days and hours leading up to no-confidence vote. However, he failed to prevent this from happening and in in final minutes to midnight on On Saturday he was kicked out of office.
Khan initially tried to stop the vote which was first scheduled hearing in in national assembly last weekend, dissolving parliament and call for new elections, demanding vote was part of “foreign conspiracy” to overthrow him.
But this maneuver was thwarted by the Supreme Court, which declared the actions of the Khan in violation of constitution and order for in vote move forward on Saturday.
Friday a senior minister from his decision government sent a message to the leader of the opposition with the following content: “Martial law or elections – your choice.”
It looked like a threat from the opposition with ultimatum that they should agree with khan demand of new elections, otherwise it will bring in Pakistan powerful military take control, as it has happened many times before in countries history.
One of the opposition representatives stated that he had refused demand. “Imran Khan believed it should whether he is or not one,” They said.
According to the security forces, on day of in no-confidence vote which khan party delay by 14 hours, prime minister then tried to fire the boss of army in in order to provoke military take control and impose martial law.
“Imran Khan wanted dismiss the commander in chief of the army, but the troops received information about it, and they thwarted his plan after they came to know about it,” the guard said. official on condition of anonymity. “Khan wanted create a huge crisis for remain in power”.
khan ministers also seemed to be setting the stage for military intervention. “If martial law is introduced on country, opposition parties will responsible for this is because they were involved in buying and selling votes”, Fawad Chaudhry, then information minister told reporters on Saturday.
how no-confidence vote still hindered and delayed Asad Qaisar, the speaker of in house and close ally of Khan who reportedly acted on direct instructions from him, said opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari parliament: “Imran Khan wants the army to intervene.”
Main justice also took unprecedented steps of instructing the Supreme Court to open its doors at midnight, act in in event that Khan was trying to interfere with the lawful vote goes ahead.
Allegations that the Khan tried to “remove the leader of army headquarters for assistance of political interests” were also declared in lawsuit filed in Islamabad high court by lawyer Adnan Iqbal on Saturday night.
While Khan rise to power it turned out that there is support of Pakistan powerful military establishment, in In the last months between him and military institution over a senior military meeting.
It appears that friction between Khan and military came to head on Saturday night. According to the report, Khan met with General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Army Commander of staff, that night after trying to remove it earlier in day. Bajwa told Khan either step down or let no-confidence vote forward, Reuters reported.
Finally, after the Speaker abruptly resigned and just a few minutes before the midnight deadline, vote took place in in national assembly. Khan, who no longer had a parliamentary majority, lost by 174 votes making it Pakistani first prime minister be removed on vote of No confidence.
military, which has long denied interfering in Pakistani politics denied all allegations of his participation in events leading up in votecalling them “baseless rumours”. Fawad Chaudhry, Khan former information minister, also denied Khan’s attempts to usurp vote.
“These fake stories are spread to mislead public and create anarchy in the country. All such malicious attempts will be defeated people of Pakistan,” ISPR said in a statement. media wing of in military. “Pakistan Armed Forces are the guarantor of world in Pakistan and enemy trying to ruin the image of military establishment.”
On Monday, Shabhaz Sharif, leader of opposition coalition and brother of prisoner former prime minister Nawaz Sharif takes the oath in as prime minister. He is expected to call elections in properly will probably take place after October.
In his first comments since he lost his vote Khan repeated his claim that he was a victim of foreign conspiracy. Pakistan became an independent state in 1947 but freedom struggle begins again today against foreign conspiracy of mode change. It’s always people of the country who defend your sovereignty and democracy,” he tweeted.
All members of Khan partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, also announced on On Sunday they will leave en masse. national assembly, a process that will likely take several months.
