Karachi: Former Pakistan’s Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI), Imran Khan, has moved the High Court with a plea to dismiss Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his cabinet.
The petition filed by senior PTI leaders Andleeb Abbas and Hassan Niazi attempts to corner Prime Minister Shehbaz and his principal secretary on money laundering charges.
As per media reports, the petition argues that despite money laundering cases active against the Prime Minister, he and his cabinet undertook a trip to London to meet the proclaimed offenders in the case, which was in clear violation of the law.
It is being reported that Mr Shehbaz Sharif met former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on his trip to London and sought advice to steer his party through the ongoing political, constitutional and economic conundrums.
Moreover, Prime Minister Shehbaz took his son Salman and his wife on an official three-day trip to Turkey, raising eyebrows of the opposition.
Meanwhile, Pervaiz Elahi, a Pakistan Muslim League (Q) leader who recently won the Chief Minister seat in the crucial province of Punjab by defeating Prime Minister Shehbaz’s son, has extended his support to Imran Khan and his petition.
Ever since, the cricketer-turned-politician, Imran Khan, was voted out of office, he has upped the ante in targeting the Sharif government. Earlier this month, Khan received the booster shot of confidence by winning 15 of the 20 seats for the provincial parliament, including the Punjab seat.
The elections have altered the balance of power in the provincial Parliament, where the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) and its allies now have 179 lawmakers to the PTI’s 188.
On the other hand, Pakistan Prime Minister’s policies have not gone down well with the masses. To secure a loan from the International Monetary Fund, Shehbaz’s cabinet has cumulatively hiked the price of fuel in the country by 50 per cent whilst also raising the cost of electricity.