ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) has decided to boycott joint parliamentarians’ session to be held on Wednesday in Islamabad, a local news channel reported.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan said tomorrow’s joint session will result in nothing substantial ‘except for endorsing Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister – who has lost all moral authority’.
“We will continue our National Assembly boycott till either Nawaz Sharif resigns or presents himself for accountability according to the Terms of References (TORs) decided by the opposition,” he said while addressing a press conference.
He said the purpose of the joint session was to convey a message that the whole nation is united against Indian aggression and we already stand with Kashmiris.
Imran said despite reservations PTI sent Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Shireen Mazari yesterday at the All Parties Conference (APC) for national unity and to convey a strong message to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“What’s the purpose of the joint session when we are all on the same page as far as Indian aggression and Kashmir issue is concerned,” he asked.
He said we feel that attending the joint session tomorrow would mean giving legitimacy to Nawaz Sharif as PM; hence, we will boycott. The PTI chief said Nawaz can resign and some other Pakistan Muslim League-N leader can become prime minister.
He said Nawaz also failed to provide leadership to the nation as he was busy in shopping Gucci products when a ‘surgical strike issue’ was going on.
“They want to play on the Kashmir issue and use it to cover up the Panama issue as it has been over six months and Nawaz has not answered the parliament,” he said.
