LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday held a meeting with the Chaudhry brothers of PML-Q to muster his key ally’s support amid opposition’s attempt to topple PTI-led government through a no-confidence motion.
The prime minister’s meeting — which was more than 30 minutes long — with PML-Q’s top brass, who are allies of the government in Punjab and the Centre, came as he was on a one-day visit to Lahore.
The prime minister was accompanied by a delegation comprising Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, federal ministers Hammad Azhar, Fawad Chaudhry, commerce adviser Abdul Razak Dawood and PTI lawmaker Amir Dogar among others.
وزیراعظم عمران خان کی چوہدری برادران سے ملاقات۔
وزیراعظم نے چوہدری شجاعت حسین کی خیریت دریافت کی ۔ pic.twitter.com/I97nB5NxUc— PTI (@PTIofficial) March 1, 2022
Apart from former prime minister Chaudhry Shujaat and Speaker Punjab Assembly Pervaiz Elahi, MNA Salik Hussain and Shafay Hussain were part of the meeting.
PM Imran reportedly inquired after the health of former premier and PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and discussed the overall political situation of the country in today’s meeting.
PML-Q has recently held several meetings with opposition parties including PPP, PML-N and others. Pakistan Democratic Alliance (PDM) last month announced bringing a no-confidence motion against PM Imran.
Subsequently, PDM along with major opposition party PPP stepped up its efforts to garner support for no-trust motion. Apart from wooing the government allies, the opposition has been banking its support on the ruling party’s lawmakers that they would revolt against their party.
In a major development last month, PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif after a hiatus of 14 years called on PML-Q leadership to seek their support for no-trust vote against PM Imran in National Assembly.
However, Federal Minister for Water Resources Moonis Elahi assured the PTI government that PML-Q was an ally of the government and would stand by it in any political situation as it had confidence in the leadership abilities of Prime Minister Imran.
It was revealed yesterday that PM Imran also spoke to estranged PTI leader Jahangir Tareen over the phone after a long hiatus and inquired after his health.
