ISLAMABAD: A day after the opposition threatened to hamper the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit on March 22-23 if the no-confidence motion against the prime minister was not presented in the House on Monday, Minister for Interior Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said no one will be allowed to disrupt the historic conference.
“If anyone has the courage to do so, I dare them to hamper the [OIC] conference,” the minister warned while addressing a press conference in Islamabad.
He recalled the National Assembly adopted a resolution on January 21 to hand over the procession of the building housing the Parliament to the Foreign Office for the holding of the conference.
He said only “agents of imperialist powers” could think to sabotage the conference.
He said the security of Parliament, Parliament Lodges and MP hostels has been handed over to the Rangers and Frontier Constabulary (FC) until April 2.
Regarding the convening of the National Assembly session for the no-confidence motion, the minister said the speaker enjoyed the authority to postpone the session keeping in view the hostile political situation.
However, he said he did not know when the speaker would summon the session.
He expressed the hope the allies would support Prime Minister Imran Khan after their consultation.
The minister condemned the storming of Sindh House and said the cases have been registered against the suspects who were involved in the incident. The attorney general will file a reference in Supreme Court on Monday, he added.
He said PTI will hold a historic jalsa at D-Chowk on March 27 and Khan will address it, adding the opposition was also holding a power show in Islamabad.
Ahmed said the Interior Ministry would provide complete security and protection to both rallies.
He said he has directed the Islamabad commissioner and deputy commission to take on board both the parties and select separate venues for their rallies.
The imperialist forces were against the independent foreign policy given by Khan and pursued by Pakistan, and therefore hatching conspiracies, against the government he added.
However, he warned if any untoward incident happened at the rally, cases would be registered against the leadership of the party, he added.
To a question, Ahmed said no hurdle will be created for the participants of the opposition’s rally.
To another question, he expressed the hope the dissident PTI MPs and allies will support Khan during the no-confidence vote.
When asked about the death of a lady constable in Islamabad, the minister said as per the postmortem report, she was given poison and a First Information Report (FIR) had been registered under section 302.
