LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday asserted that preparations were still under way for Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) planned no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government.
Addressing a press conference along with Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) president Sardar Akhtar Mengal, the PML-N leader said “preparation is under way” for the no-confidence motion and he could not provide a definite date on when it will be tabled.
Shehbaz Sharif further said that opposition parties were all involved and playing their role and the media would be alerted first as soon as preparations were complete. “There was give and take in politics and the finer details of the aftermath of a no-trust move’s success were still being sketched out,” he added.
The PML-N leader said the move was according to the wishes of the people who were praying for deliverance from the incumbent government and they had already given the “signal” for it.
Taking over the presser, BNP president Akhtar Mengal said that “homework for the no-trust move is complete to quite an extent.” Mengal warned that Balochistan’s issues were due to past neglect and “disappointment and hate” were increasing among the people.
He said that injustices even among a household left it scattered. “Those injustices turn into grievances which turn into hate which turns into rebellion,” Mengal explained.
The BNP-M president said the next government would have to solve the province’s issues in a political manner. “Balochistan’s issue since the first day was a political one and it will be better to solve it through politicians,” he added.
Mengal said conflicts anywhere in the world were resolved through talks and Balochistan’s just demands should be fulfilled. He said the most important issue in the province was of missing persons, adding that the guilty should be presented in courts and the innocent should be released.
The PDM had announced to bring a no-trust move against the PTI government on February 11 after a meeting of its constituent parties. It had said it would contact the PTI government’s allies in the centre for this purpose which was followed by several meetings in the last few weeks between the opposition parties and PTI’s allies.
