Pakistan Muslim League-Q leader Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has claimed that the opposition has the “more than required” lawmakers to pass the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan in the National Assembly.
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In an interview with a local news channel on Tuesday, he also warned there were “plenty of surprises in store.”
Elahi commented on PPP Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari’s claim that the opposition had more than 172 lawmakers’ support in the NA and said, “He [Zardari] is right. They have the required number. Even have more than what one can imagine. This is what we have assessed and seen.”
The PML-Q is an ally of the PTI government in Punjab. On the other hand, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) – an alliance of the opposition parties, including PML-N, PPP, and JUI-F – seeks its votes to dislodge the government as the party has five NA seats.
Blaming the PTI government for its position, the PML-Q leader said it never learned how to build ties and instead “ruined things with everyone, including its own people.”
According to Elahi, the opposition had offered him Punjab’s chief ministership, but the government had yet to make that offer.
“The wait is that what would the government do. Maybe the government might do the same,” he said when asked why he was not accepting the opposition’s offer.
