PML-Q, MQM supports PTI against no-trust motion, says Asad Umar

Information minister says no-confidence motion creating 'bitterness'

ISLAMABAD:

Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Saturday said that the opposition does not have the required numbers for passing the no-confidence motion in the National Assembly.

Talking to a local television channel, the minister claimed that Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) and Mutahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) were both supporting the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf government and leaders of both the parties had given clear statements in this regard.

Umar added that coalition partners having issues with PTI leadership were mere “speculations”.

He further stated that PTI has decided to organise a large public meeting in the federal capital one day before the no-confidence move.

No-confidence motion stirring up ‘bitterness’

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said that the opposition’s ill-planned no-confidence motion had stirred up 'bitterness' in politics.

Taking to his official Twitter account, the minister stated that democracy was not a system of extreme divisions but was based on political consensus.

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“It is not difficult to fight, but reconciliation is difficult later”, he said. Fawad added that politics should not be so divisive that it becomes difficult to talk to each other.

اپوزیشن کی بغیر سوچے سمجھے عدم اعتماد کی تحریک نے سیاست میں تلخیاں ہیدا کر دیں، جمہوریت اتنی انتہائ تقسیم کا نظام نہیں ہے اس میں کم از کم اتفاق رائے پر نظام استوار ہوتا ہے،سمجھتا ہوں اتنی تقسیم نہ ہو کہ کسی بھی سبب گفتگو ہی مشکل ہو جائے لڑنا مشکل نہیں بعد میں صلح مشکل ہوتی ہے

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) March 12, 2022

Allies to ‘announce support’ before NA session

Three days have passed since the opposition filed its much-hyped no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, but the coalition partners of the ruling PTI have yet to explicitly express their support for the government.

Premier Imran personally visited the leaders of two key allies, the PML-Q in Lahore and the MQM-P in Karachi, recently, but both the parties haven’t yet announced their definite support for the government.

In his public rallies, PM Imran is putting up a brave face but his concerns are stated to be growing manifolds in the absence of a firm announcement from the coalition partners. The government’s chief spokesperson, however, on Friday claimed that the allies stood by the PTI.