ISLAMABAD: In a bid to ensure the numbers required for the success of the proposed no-confidence motion against the PTI-led government, the main Opposition parties — PPP and PML-N — have barred their members of the National Assembly (MNAs) from travelling abroad and asked them to ensure their presence in Islamabad.
The move aims to stop the MNAs from becoming part of official delegations going abroad amid the possible submission of a requisition and a no-confidence motion in the National Assembly.
“Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has directed all MNAs of the party to remain in Islamabad,” PPP Information Secretary Shahzia Atta Marri said on Sunday.
PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif is already in Islamabad while other leaders of the party have been directed to reach the capital to attend a parliamentary party meeting.
The meeting will be held at the residence of Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, to be presided over by Shahbaz Sharif and addressed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. It will finalise details of the no-confidence motion, whether to be tabled against the Speaker or directly against PM Imran Khan.
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Sources said all possibilities including arrests of MNAs at various pretexts were also discussed by the Opposition leadership. In case of arrests of MNAs and the Speaker not issuing production orders for them, a no-confidence motion could be tabled against Asad Qaiser first.
However, the final decision will be taken in the parliamentary party meeting.
