Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Saturday said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will be “tested” through a confidence vote in the National Assembly (NA).
This development came after the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) threatened to leave the coalition government in the center — whose votes are crucial to keep the incumbent prime minister in office.
During an interview on a private television channel, when asked if PM Shehbaz will be asked to obtain a vote of confidence, Imran said: “Absolutely, we will test him.”
PTI chief said that Shehbaz had tested him so now his party would turn the tables on the prime minister.
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Imran confirmed that his party would hash out the details of the move in a party meeting on Sunday and carry out full planning for not only the trust vote but also “other plans to fully thrust them in a testing situation now”.
Meanwhile, PTI Chairman Imran Khan has predicted that the PML-Q could merge with the PTI in the future.
In his interview today, Imran said that it was “better for PML-Q leaders to contest the next general election on PTI’s ticket.”
At a meeting with the journalists on Friday, Imran said that PML-Q leader Moonis Elahi played an important role in helping materialize the plan of dissolving the Punjab Assembly.
