Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed on Friday that the “establishment” had given him three options: “resignation, no-confidence [vote] or elections”, following the filing of a no-confidence motion against him in the National Assembly.
He shared this during an interview to ARY News, which was aired on Friday, while responding to questions about whether the opposition, government or “another party” had proposed early elections and his resignation as options.
The premier said when he was presented with the three options, “We said elections is the best option, I cannot even think about resigning and as far as the no-confidence vote is concerned, I believe in fighting till the end.”
Pointing out that several members of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf had defected to the opposition ahead of the no-trust vote, the premier explained that even if the opposition’s no-trust move failed, “We cannot run the government with such people (defectors).”
