Hours after ally the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) announced parting ways with the PTI-led government and the opposition claimed having the requisite number to oust the prime minister, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said Imran Khan "won't step down at any cost and will fight till the last ball”. “We are going to conduct an in-camera session to reveal the contents of the [threat] letter received by PM,” Fawad said as he spoke to media persons flanked by PM’s aide Shahbaz Gill. The “threat letter” Prime Minister Imran Khan had claimed in a March 27 public gathering was evidence of “foreign powers” behind the opposition’s no-confidence move to oust his government. “For Imran Khan, resignation is not an option and I can assure you that he wasn’t asked to do so during his meeting with the army chief [General Qamar],” he added. LIVE #APPNews : Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting @fawadchaudhry talks to media #Islamabad https://t.co/yPAPjVBZfq — APP 🇵🇰 (@appcsocialmedia) March 30, 2022 According to the federal minister, the tone, threat and the “plan” stated in the letter can’t be acceptable for any sovereign country. He added that the government had also offered to show the letter to the chief justice. “Let me make it clear that Imran Khan will fight against this for the integrity and sovereignty of Pakistan as well as for the integrity of the nation,” he added. “This is a situation similar the 1992 Cricket World Cup when we seemed at the back-foot when we weren’t,” he quipped. Fawad went on to add, “Everyone will see [how the situation will turn into Premier Khan’s favour once the game changed.” On the MQM-P parting ways with the government, he said “those sitting in Sindh can’t even realise what has happened to them.” While responding to a question, the info minister said the PTI government believed in taking the institutions onboard unlike Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) who always wanted to conquer them. Speaking on the occasion, Gill said the PM was at first sent a “soft signal”, followed by a harsh response, adding he would not bow to the powers that be. Later, Fawad took to Twitter, saying "Prime Mininter! Imran Khan in-sha-Allah." وزیر اعظم ! عمران خان انشاللہ — Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) March 30, 2022 He also posted an image captioned, "Dwarves are trying to knock out a giant." Dwarves trying to knock out a giant… #PakPolitics pic.twitter.com/eRGmJ2Voiu — Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) March 30, 2022 Meanwhile, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf stalwart Shehryar Afridi also posted a message online in support of the PM, saying "he will never give up." PM Imran Khan will never give up IA. He is a fighter. A symbol of courage & bravery. Allah won’t let him down IA. — Shehryar Afridi (@ShehryarAfridi1) March 30, 2022 Another ruling party senator Faisal Javed Khan expressed confidence that PM Is "winning the game." PM Imran Khan is winning 100% insha'ALLAH. — Faisal Javed Khan (@FaisalJavedKhan) March 30, 2022 Meanwhile, there were unconfirmed reports of the presence of 190 lawmakers at the Punjab House, providing ground to the opposotion's claims that they had the required majority to oust the ruling party from power.
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