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MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi today (Sunday) has asserted that an alliance of 11 opposition parties, called the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), is unnatural.
“This alliance, called PDM, is a temporary alliance. Because this movement does not have one flag, one leader or one ideology,” he said while addressing a press conference in Multan.
The foreign minister further said that a government that has been elected into power cannot be sent packing just because the opposition wanted it gone. “The so-called democratic movement can neither remove PTI’s elected government nor can it solve the problems of the people,” he added.
“Multiple people gathered out of fear; fear of their own doing of their incompetence, of the cases against them which could reach a conclusion soon of their political trajectory,” he claimed.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi also rejected the reports of arrests of political workers of PML-N. “PTI-led federal government had gave free hand to the opposition for the rally,” he remarked.
“No hurdle is being created in the way of meetings being organized by the opposition,” he said, adding that the opposition was creating difficulties in the restoration of the national economy.
FM Qureshi pointed out friction among the opposition parties at the Gujranwala rally. He said that when on stage there were chants of ‘Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’, there was silence among PPP supporters in the crowd.
He also called on Bilawal to look inward before dishing out criticism, saying his party has ruled Sindh for 12 consecutive years now. “How long will you get votes on behalf of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto?” he asked.