PM's ex-spox Nadeem Afzal Chan formally rejoins PPP

Party chief urges premier to quit before no-trust motion is introduced

LAHORE:

Nadeem Afzal Chan, the former spokesperson of Prime Minister Imran Khan and member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), has formally rejoined the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

Chan made the announcement during a press conference on Sunday alongside PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

لاہور: پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی کے چیئرمین بلاول بھٹو زرداری کے اعزاز میں ندیم افضل چن کی جانب سے ظہرانہ

لاہور: چیئرمین بلاول بھٹو زرداری اور ندیم افضل چن کے درمیان سیاسی صورت حال پر تبادلہ خیال@BBhuttoZardari @NadeemAfzalChan pic.twitter.com/5wMFYNiSW9

— PPP (@MediaCellPPP) March 6, 2022

On the occasion, Bilawal said that he welcomed the PM's ex-spox to the party.

“Nadeem Afzal is our brother who has returned home, he has worked for [the] PPP in the past, and will continue to do so,” he said.

No-confidence motion

Talking to the media, the PPP chief claimed that the incumbent government was under severe pressure as it had been defeated in the National Assembly before and would be defeated again.

He warned PM Imran to resign before the no-confidence motion was introduced, claiming that if the premier did not quit, the PPP would bring about the motion after arriving in Islamabad – the endpoint of the party's ongoing anti-government long march.

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Bilawal said that the no-confidence motion was a big test for the government and would reveal who was neutral and who was not.

“ہمارے عدم اعتماد لانے سے پہلے عمران خود استعفی دے دو، ورنہ ہم اسلام آباد پہنچ کر تمھارے جیسے غیر جمہوری شخص کے خلاف جمہوری طریقے سے عدم اعتماد لیکر آئیں گے۔”
چیئرمین پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی بلاول بھٹو زرداری @BBhuttoZardari#AwamiMarch#PakistanBachanaHai
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— PPP (@MediaCellPPP) March 6, 2022

“We are giving the government a deadline for the prime minister to resign and dissolve the assemblies before the no-confidence vote,” he said, adding that there should be a no-trust motion against both the premier and the National Assembly speaker.

The party chairperson maintained that while PM Imran’s job was to rule, his job was to be the opposition.

“Other parties can be accused of being selected, but not [the] PPP,” Bilawal stated.

According to the PPP leader, all parties were working together for clean and transparent elections.