Won't resign, says Imran Khan ahead of April 3 vote; accuses opposition of 'selling out Pakistan'

Despite being reduced to a minority in parliament with the defection of key allies, Imran Khan asserted that Pakistan’s fate will be decided on Sunday. “I want my country to see the faces of those who sell out their conscience (in the assembly),” he said, alleging that members’ support is being bought by the opposition.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, beleaguered yet defiant, said he will not resign but fight it out till the end and pointed at a foreign conspiracy to topple his government, as he addressed the nation ahead of voting on the no-trust motion against him in Pakistan’s National Assembly on Sunday.

“Even as a cricketer, I have always played till the last ball. And I intend to do that now as well,” Khan announced.

Despite being reduced to a minority in parliament with the defection of key allies, Imran Khan asserted that Pakistan’s fate will be decided on Sunday. “I want my country to see the faces of those who sell out their conscience (in the assembly),” he said, alleging that members’ support is being bought by the opposition. “This drama is happening in front of the country at Marriott and Sindh House.”

Incidentally, Sindh House is where the Opposition went into a huddle on Wednesday.

The 69-year-old Pakistani premier, who has been persistently calling the no-trust motion a “foreign conspiracy” against him and his government, said, “We got messages from some foreign countries saying that they are angry but are willing to forgive Pakistan if Imran Khan is gone.” He named the US to be behind the threat in what appeared to be a gaffe.

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The “official letter” of threat was delivered to Pakistan's ambassador in a room full of diplomats taking notes, Khan claimed, adding that the foreign official knew that the ones who would come into power after him would have no issues taking orders from external forces.