Nawaz Sharif insists on no-trust move in PDM meeting

PESHAWAR: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif insisted on moving a no-trust motion against the Imran Khan government in yesterday’s meeting of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PMD), ARY News reported, quoting sources privy to the opposition alliance’s huddle.

The nine-party alliance in its meeting in Lahore on Friday evening decided to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan through the no-confidence motion. However, the sources said, the opposition parties could not decide how to make the move successful.

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They said some component parties of the anti-government alliance were cynical about the move, wondering if it was just a tactic to exert pressure on the government.

They seemed perturbed about the PML-N supremo’s Nawaz Sharif proposal to table the no-trust motion, the sources said, adding the meeting also deliberated on sending the provincial governments of all the provinces packing except for Sindh where the PPP is in power.

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The PDM agreed on reaching out to the government allies, including the Pakistan Muslim-Q (PML-Q), the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), and Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) for support.

The sources said the PML-N supremo assured that he would explain the method to be employed to make the no trust-move successful when the time comes.