Opposition no threat to us: PM Imran

Premier says PDM "practically over" and knows the masses have rejected its narrative

ISLAMABAD:

Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that the opposition was not a threat to the ruling government and that its anti-government movement was also done for.

The premier was chairing over a parliamentary meeting of the government and allied parties in Islamabad today wherein he took the parties into confidence regarding important government decisions.

"The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is practically over. They have used their full force in their rallies and have known that the people are not with them," the premier observed.

He further stated that the opposition wanted to trap the ruling party in the Election Commission, but has ended up trapping itself. "Don't worry, the opposition is not a problem for us," PM Imran added.

On the Broadsheet issue, the premier stated that a commission had been formed that would also fully investigate the Surrey Palace and Hudabia Paper Mill cases.

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During the meeting, the PM said that all the members of the public should put their full emphasis on the Ehsaas Program. He also asked for parliament members to visit shelter homes, provide facilities to the poor.

"If the country's poor are taken care of, the rest of the issues will get resolved too," he said.

In the meeting, the members of the assembly inquired about the rising debts, in response to which Finance Advisor Hafeez Sheikh put forward details regarding the debts.

Earlier in the day, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz had 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.

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."