PTI yet again announces countrywide protest from tomorrow

1. PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry addresses journalists in Lahore. — After three weeks, Imran Khan will join the protesters.
2. The PTI denies the idea of a technocratic government.
3. The entire party announces its resignation from the NA.

In an effort to force the coalition government into early elections, the Pakistan Tehrkeek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced on Thursday that it would begin a nationwide protest movement tomorrow (Friday).

Since the ouster of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in April, the PTI has been insisting that "early polls" are the only solution to the country's ongoing crisis and has repeatedly called for snap elections.

However, the government has stated to the PTI that elections cannot be held before October due to the current situation, which includes floods, a census, and a new delimitation.

After the party's high-level meeting, which Khan presided over, Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry told journalists in Lahore, "From tomorrow, country-wide protests will start against rising inflation, deteriorating economy, and shortage of gas."

Fawad said that PTI members of the national and provincial assemblies would lead the protests in the first phase for three weeks in their respective constituencies across the nation.

"Imran Khan will join the campaign after three weeks, and this process will continue until this government is removed," the PTI leader stated, urging the nation to support the party.

After the PTI chief called off the long march in Rawalpindi in November and announced plans for the dissolution of the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies, the plan to return to the streets has not yet materialized.

The KP Assembly's dissolution has been linked to Punjab, whose plans to dissolve the legislature ran into trouble last week when the Lahore High Court ordered Parvez Elahi to stay in his position as chief minister of Punjab and not dissolve the legislature.

Vote of confidence According to Fawad, the Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) and its ally, the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), currently have a majority of 190 lawmakers in the Punjab Assembly and are debating the vote of confidence.

"We will try to get a vote of confidence from CM Elahi before January 11." "177 lawmakers from the Punjab Assembly are in touch with us," the former information minister stated.

In addition, he claimed that Punjab Governor Baligh-ur-Rehman had become a part of "a conspiracy" by failing to notify Elahi of his appointment as chief minister. The governor and chief secretary must answer to the assembly for their actions.

Elahi had been removed from his position as chief minister by the governor, and the chief secretary had then issued a notification calling for the dissolution of the cabinet; however, the LHC put an end to both of these notifications.

As he criticized the opposition for allegedly engaging in horse-trading, Fawad stated that it was the PTI's right to maintain or dissolve the Punjab government.

The PTI leader slammed the PPP co-chairman, saying, "Whenever a market [for buying lawmakers] is staged, Zardari comes to Punjab with bags full of money."

"No space" for technocratic government The leader of the PTI responded to reports that a technocratic government was in the works by stating that there was "no space" for such a government in the country now.

Fawad stated, "PTI's senior leadership has rejected the plans regarding the imposition of a technocrat government," and he questioned those who were "dreaming" of the setup whether or not their fantasies would be realized.

He stated that a quick and open election was the only way to solve the country's problems, and some people do not want elections to take place; instead, they want technocrats to run the country.

"The people of Pakistan will never, ever, ever accept a technocratic government. Nawaz Sharif wants martial law, but Khan's patience prevented such plans from being carried out.

He also told the establishment that the idea would be a "complete flop" and that the technocrat government would not be able to resolve the crisis no matter who was appointed.

In discussion with Geo News' Shahzeb Khanzada, Inside Priest Rana Sanaullah had likewise precluded the chance of a technocrat set-up's burden.

In an interview with journalists in Lahore, PTI chief Khan, who was ousted from his position as premier by a vote of no confidence in April of this year, stated that he does not anticipate polls taking place anytime soon but that the idea of a technocratic government is being considered.

Fawad, on the other hand, asserted that Khan was misquoted, saying: Imran has never stated that he does not anticipate elections. He stated that the government opposes holding elections.

Mass resignations The leader of the PTI also said that the party's lawmakers would resign in large numbers and rejected the demand made by Speaker of the National Assembly Pervaiz Ashraf that they hand in their resignations in person.

Asad Qaiser, Qasim Suri, Amir Dogar, Dr. Shabbir Hussain, and other PTI lawmakers met Ashraf earlier today in his chambers. The speaker told them once more that the party's lawmakers will be called individually to verify the resignations.

Our members do not wish to return to the National Assembly. In the house, 123 MNAs had announced their resignations. The requirement for each MNA to personally verify their resignation is a "joke." We won't present the acquiescences separately."

When the speaker accepted 11 PTI MNA resignations, the former information minister questioned why he did not call them to verify. They expected to win the by-elections, but they were humiliated to lose."

"Even though you have our resignations, you insist that you will not accept them. We will have no choice but to knock on the doors of the Supreme Court if this continues," he added.