 Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz outnumbered the opposition as the no confidence motion against him was defeated. One hundred and thirtysix members voted in favor of the motion whereas it needed 172 to oust Shaukat Aziz. Aziz made a brief comment, saying, | “... today’s no confidence motion and my victory will strengthen democracy...” |
“today’s no confidence motion and my victory will strengthen democracy”.
As the opposition legislators finished their speeches during the debate on the motion, Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain gave the floor to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to defend himself. In his speech he said, “I am a born Pakistani and I studied in Pakistan. I never retained any foreign nationality.” He said when in 1999 Gen. Musharraf took over, Pakistan was about to be declared a failed state. “We worked hard to strengthen Pakistan’s economy. We gave a new look to the country’s economy,” he added.
| "Now it's a failed state with a crutch!" |
He said, “I have listened to all the speeches of the opposition speakers and this reflects that democracy was working in Pakistan in a vibrant manner.”
| "Vibrant" appears to be a synonym for "goofy" in Urdu. |
The fractious opposition united last week to lodge the motion against Aziz, accusing him of neglecting the poor and of corruption, but opposition politicians launched the debate yesterday with criticism of the military’s involvement in politics. “Pervez Musharraf and military intervention in politics is the root of the evils plaguing Pakistan,” Qazi Hussain Ahmed, leader of an alliance of six religious parties, told the Parliament.
| The target was Perv, of course, not Aziz, who's a nobody. |
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