Khwaja Saad calls PTI's assembly dissolution threat 'bluff'
Pakistan
Saad Rafique asked the PTI to dissolve Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly if it was serious.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Federal Minister for Railways Khwaja Saad Rafique on Saturday called Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) threat to dissolve provincial assemblies a bluff.
Taking to Twitter, the PML-N leader asked the PTI to dissolve the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly if it was serious.
On Thursday, KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan said the PTI would not dissolve the KP Assembly until the discussions on the Punjab Assembly were going on. The chief minister said, “PTI chief Imran Khan will first decide the future of the Punjab Assembly.” “Up until now, Imran has not given me any directions on the dissolution. I will contact Imran but first a decision regarding the Punjab Assembly will be taken,” he added.
Imran Khan had announced that he would dissolve the Punjab and KP assemblies on Dec 23. The former prime minister, while addressing the PTI supporters via video link from his residence in Lahore’s Zaman Park, flanked by Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM Mahmood, said: “I want to inform the people about why I decided to dissolve the two provincial assemblies.” "In this country, until free and fair elections take place [...] fears will still remain that the country might sink," he said.
