Every party in PDM alliance has own vested interest: Shibli Faraz

Says the alliance will never have unity within its ranks; is failing terribly on all of its goals.

ISLAMABAD:

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz has said that every party in the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is part of the alliance for its own interest, saying the huddle will never have unity within its ranks.

"The PDM set various different goals for itself but it has been failing terribly on all of them," Faraz said while speaking to media in Islamabad on Wednesday.

Responding to a question about Pakistan People's Party's (PPP) planned no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, he said, "The PPP and PML-N both have different points of view in this regard and they seem divided."

"We do not feel threatened by this alliance as every party in the fold is fighting for its own interest," the top spokesperson said.

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Shibli further said that the opposition has the right to register any protest while remaining under the ambit of democracy and Constitution.

To a question relating to the UK-based firm Broadsheet, he said, "it is clear that the previous rulers indulged in corruption and money laundering and made this country poor. "It is our democratic obligation to probe the case and investigate it thoroughly."

He noted that inflation is being brought to single-digit and it will cause the prices of the commodities to drop. "There has been an improvement in the State Bank reserves, large-scale manufacturing, and the industries."

"Overall, our economy, remittances, exports, and tax collection are witnessing an uplift as compared to the previous years," he added. "These effects will begin to reach the masses."

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Earlier today, Minister for Information Senator Shibli Faraz said that Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto have 'destroyed the opposition's Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM).

Last month, the minister formally addressed a press conference to deny any contact with PDM after PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz’s claimed that “sitting ministers” were contacting the opposition.