Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) estranged leader Jahangir Khan Tareen has demanded 24 tickets from Opposition Leader in the National Assembly (NA) Shehbaz Sharif for supporting a no-trust motion against Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan, sources told Bol News on Saturday.
The disgruntled PTI leader and opposition leader had a confidential meeting. Sources said Tareen sought a guarantee of 24 tickets from PML-N for supporting the no-confidence motion against the premier.
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It added that the estranged PTI leader also handed over a list of the names of lawmakers to the opposition leader.
Sources told Bol News that Shehbaz has sought time from Tareen for assurance on the tickets’ matter and subjected final decision in this regard to consultation in the party.
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Meanwhile, it has also been learnt that PML-N leaders have been instructed to neither deny nor confirm any such meeting in the media.
In March 2021, PM Khan had won a vote of confidence from the NA after a surprise electoral defeat on Senate’s Islamabad seat.
The prime minister received 178 votes of confidence in the 342-member lower house while the required number was 172.
