ISLAMABAD: Major coalition partners of the ruling party’s Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) have expressed full confidence in Prime Minister Imran Khan and said that they stand by him at any cost.
As per details during separate meetings with the prime minister the delegations of MQM and PML-Q gave the assurance on Friday.
According to sources, the PML-Q delegation held a meeting with PM Imran Khan and expressed full confidence in him. The PML-Q leaders said that they had voted for Abdul Hafeez Shaikh in the Senate elections and will now also vote for the prime minister, sources added.
The PML-Q delegation includes Tariq Bashir Cheema, Hussain Elahi, Chaudhry Salik and Farah Khan. Prime Minister Imran Khan thanked the PML-Q for its confidence.
On the other hand, in its meeting with Imran Khan, the MQM’s delegation said that they have reservations about the existing system of governance however they stand by the PM Khan.
The MQM delegation said, “They are convinced that Imran Khan is neither involved in the corruption nor does he like it. We want a change in the system so that we can deliver to the people,” they added.
The delegation said, “We have no demands from the government other than the party should be included in the consultation on Karachi and Sindh, while they want the powers to be transferred to lower levels in the local government system.
PM Imran Khan lauds the MQM’s suggestions and directed that consultation with the MQM be ensured in the affairs of Sindh and Karachi.
On March 03, Yousaf Raza Gilani emerged winning by defeating his competitor Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, by five votes – 169/164 as seven votes were rejected under highly suspicious circumstances in Senate elections.
The political uncertainty was further accelerated after PTI announce that PM Imran would seek a fresh vote of confidence from the National Assembly, following the upset defeat of Dr Shaikh.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that the Democratic Movement (PDM) will boycott the National Assembly session to be held (tomorrow) on Saturday during which Prime Minister Imran Khan would take a vote of confidence from the Parliament.
Speaking to the media in Islamabad on Friday, the PDM chief said, that no member of PDM would attend the National Assembly session tomorrow.
Fazlur Rehman said that the lawmakers from the opposition alliance would not participate in the National Assembly session. “The session will lose its importance in the absence of the opposition,” he said.
