Islamabad: Amid a resurgence of the Covid pandemic across Pakistan, the alliance of opposition parties, PDM has escalated its campaign to oust PM Imran Khan from power.
PDM has planned to conduct an anti-government rally on December 13 in Lahore and the opposition members have thrown all efforts into it to make it successful. A march in Islamabad had also been planned earlier, however, sources in PDM said leaders are now considering mass resignations from national and provincial assemblies to bring a quick end to the PM Khan-led government.
Following a surge in Covid cases in the country, a PML-N member said resignations from assemblies, was discussed as a final and only workable option by opposition leaders who had recently visited party president Shehbaz Sharif. “Most PDM leaders believe that a march may turn the public opinion against their drive if their sit-in was seen fuelling the virus,” said a PML-N stalwart, requesting anonymity.
Some of the PDM leaders, including its president Maulana Fazlur Rehman and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, believe that after resignations, the assemblies would become defunct and it will not be possible for the incumbent government to conduct by-elections.
Corrupt civil servants face sack
Meanwhile, Imran Khan has said the government will introduce a new system of “reward and punishment” for the civil servants under which corrupt bureaucrats will be sacked instead of just transferring. Speaking at a ceremony to celebrate the completion of two years of Pakistan Citizen Portal, Khan said he was dissatisfied over the performance of the current local governments, the Dawn reported. “The government was introducing a new system of ‘reward and punishment' for the civil servants. Under the new system officials would not be transferred but sacked if found involved in corruption and irregularities,” he said.
