Pressure mounts on the government as the opposition has submitted the no-confidence against Prime Minister Imran Khan in the National Assembly Secretariat, Bol News reported on Tuesday.
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More than 100 members of the opposition parties have signed the motion, Bol News report quoted sources within the opposition as saying.
Meanwhile, PML-N leaders Saad Rafique, Naveed Qamar, Ayaz Sadiq, and Central Information Secretary of PPP Shazia Atta Marri have submitted a requisition to convene a session of the lower house at the National Assembly Secretariat.
Meanwhile, PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, PML-N’s Shahbaz, and Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman are expected to address a press conference shortly.
Fazl had announced the alliance’s decision to move a no-confidence motion against PM in February this year. The PDM has also decided to persuade the government’s allies to support the no-confidence motion against the premier.
Earlier today, Senior PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi had hinted that all matters related to the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan had been settled.
Speaking to the media on Tuesday, he had said, “All matters related to a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan has been settled. We have enough numbers for it.”
We will thwart no-confidence motion together: PM tells Buzdar
Following a no-confidence against the premier, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Bazdar called on Prime Minister Imran Khan and discussed the current political situation.
“We will thwart the no-confidence motion together,” the premier told Buzdar during the meeting.
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain took to Twitter and said, “This country has only one leader – [Prime Minister] Imran Khan. All dwarfs can try and work together. Defeat is once again the future of those political dwarfs.”
اس ملک کا ایک ہی لیڈر ہے۔۔ عمران خان، سب بونے مل کر زور لگا لیں شکست ایک بار پھر سیاسی بونوں کا مستقبل ہے۔۔۔۔
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) March 8, 2022
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On Monday, Prime Minister Imran also faced a setback when his close confidante Aleem Khan announced joining hands with disgruntled party leader and PM’s close friend Jahangir Tareen.
