I wasn’t dangerous when in power, will be dangerous now, says ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan
India Today
At a rally in Pakistan's Peshawar on Wednesday, former prime minister Imran Khan said he had not been dangerous when in power but would become so now after his ouster.
Days after he was ousted from power, former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan warned that he would become ‘more dangerous’.
At a rally in Peshawar in Pakistan on Wednesday, he said, “I was not dangerous when I was part of the government, but I will be more dangerous now.”
Alleging foul play in his removal from the post of prime minister, he also questioned why the courts were opened at midnight before the Pakistan National Assembly passed the no-confidence motion against him last week.
On April 9, the Pakistan Supreme Court was ready late at night to hear a plea regarding the deadline set for the vote on the no-confidence motion moved against Imran Khan’s government. Asad Qaiser, then Speaker in the Assembly, had not held the vote by midnight despite the apex court’s direction to do so. The Islamabad High Court was also opened around midnight to hear another plea.
However, the Speaker then resigned and the vote was held in the Assembly the same night. Imran Khan became the first prime minister in Pakistan to be ousted via a no-trust vote.
At the rally on Wednesday, Imran Khan said on the developments, “The courts were opened at night. Why? Did I break any laws?” He suggested that the judiciary had not functioned in an independent way and said he, in his entire political career, had never incited people against institutions, as per a report by Geo News.
Other leaders, like Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari of the Pakistan Peoples Party and Ahsan Iqbal of PML (N), criticised Imran Khan for questioning the judiciary and said the courts had been opened because the "constitution had been violated".
