Lambasting the eight-party ruling coalition in the National Assembly, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) lawmaker Omar Ayub Khan dubbed newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif a \u201cproduct\u201d of Form 47 \u2014 a document which provides insight into unconfirmed results of a constituency, including the number of votes cast and cancelled. Omar Ayub Khan has said that Shehbaz Sharif has been elected prime minister via a ‘stolen’ mandate. Speaking in the lower house of parliament after losing the election for the slot of PM, Ayub termed the Shehbaz-led government a continuation of the former Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) led regime. Recalling the \u201cdiscriminations\u201d with the former ruling party, the SIC leader said that they demanded reserved seats during the elections for speaker and deputy speaker\u2019s slots but then-NA speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf refused to stop the voting. \u201cOur objection on Shehbaz Sharif\u2019s nomination papers was dismissed,\u201d he added. The PTI was stripped of its iconic election symbol \u2014 the cricket bat \u2014 but the party leadership did not bow down, he said, adding that the former ruling party was denied a level playing field and barred from electioneering. Terming the former PDM-led government \u201cfascist\u201d, Ayub asked who was the murderer of journalist Arshad Sharif and PTI worker Zille Shah. He accused the ruling alliance of getting their candidates\u2019 nomination papers rejected ahead of the general elections. The PTI leader demanded an independent inquiry into the May 9 mayhem. The May 9 riots were triggered almost across the country after the deposed prime minister’s arrest in the \u00a3190 million settlement case. Hundreds of PTI workers and senior leaders were put behind bars for their involvement in violence and attacks on military installations. During the protests, the miscreants targeted the civil and military installations including \u2014 Jinnah House and the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi. The military termed May 9 “Black Day” and decided to try the protesters under the Army Act. Addressing the House, PTI’s Ayub sought the speaker\u2019s ruling for a live telecast of his speech like that of the premier. Moving on to dual standard, he said: \u201cThere are two laws in the country. Nawaz Sharif was provided a biometric facility at the airport [in violation of the laws].\u201d They knew that their mandate was fake, he said, adding, \u201cYou will see fear on their faces.\u201d He added: \u201cOur number would have been 180 if the MNAs, elected as per Form 45s, had come.\u201d During his address, lawmakers from the ruling alliance tried to disrupt him and protested multiple times. Speaking on the floor of the House, the PTI leader demanded an impartial inquiry into the killing of dozens of his party\u2019s supporters on May 9. Read More:\u00a0Shehbaz\u00a0Sharif\u00a0elected\u00a0as\u00a024th\u00a0Prime\u00a0Minister\u00a0of\u00a0Pakistan More than 10,000 workers and supporters of PTI were currently behind bars, Ayub said and demanded their release. He also demanded to free his party\u2019s leadership, including the former prime minister and his wife Bushra Bibi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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