Opposition leaders accuse Pakistan’s prime minister of high treason.

Opposition leaders in Pakistan reacted with outrage to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s transfer to dissolve Parliament, accusing him of excessive treason and subverting the nation’s constitutional order.

Shehbaz Sharif, the chief of the opposition who was anticipated to change into the interim prime minister if a vote of no confidence had succeeded, stated Mr. Khan had violated the Structure and referred to as on Pakistan’s Supreme Courtroom to intervene.

“It’s nothing in need of a excessive treason,” Mr. Sharif wrote on Twitter on Sunday, including that Mr. Khan “has pushed the nation into anarchy.”

“There will probably be penalties for blatant & brazen violation of the Structure,” he continued.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the chairman of the opposition Pakistan Peoples Occasion, additionally stated on Sunday that Mr. Khan had violated the Structure and vowed that the opposition wouldn’t go away Parliament.

“We name on ALL establishments to guard, uphold, defend & implement the structure of Pakistan,” Mr. Bhutto Zardari wrote on Twitter.

Maryam Nawaz Sharif, a daughter of the previous prime minister Nawaz Sharif and a frontrunner of his political social gathering, referred to as for Mr. Khan and members of his authorities to be charged with excessive treason.

“All of them should be tried beneath article 6,” Ms. Sharif tweeted, citing a bit of the nation’s Structure that claims anybody who tries to droop or subvert the Structure “shall be responsible of excessive treason.”

A spokesperson for the State Division stated on Sunday that American officers had been carefully monitoring the state of affairs in Pakistan.

Mr. Khan had beforehand accused the USA of planning to oust his authorities by backing the opposition’s vote of no confidence, an allegation that American officers have denied.

“Relating to these allegations, there is no such thing as a fact to them,” Ned Worth, a State Division spokesman, stated on Thursday.

Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for China’s International Ministry, had additionally made a plea for unity amongst Pakistan’s political events on Thursday as Mr. Khan was dealing with the no-confidence vote.

“China all the time follows the precept of noninterference in different international locations’ inner affairs,” Mr. Wang stated in a information convention, including that “China sincerely hopes that every one events in Pakistan can preserve solidarity and collectively uphold improvement and stability.”