-Information Minister says PDM’s resignation deadline drama over
By Ajmal Khan Yousafzai
ISLAMABAD: Senior Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri said Monday that his party cannot support an in-house change of government unless there were 100% changes of victory.
A media report from a couple of days ago had stated that the PPP will present a play in the upcoming meeting of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on bringing about an in-house change at the federal and Punjab level.
“If Bilawal has come up with an estimate [of number needed to bring about an in-house change in government] then he should put it forth in the next PDM meeting,” said Haideri. “If Bilawal Bhutto can convince other parties on the matter, then we have no reservations.”
The JUI-F leader reiterated that his party’s stance had remained unchanged from day one that Opposition parties should not have taken oath of the parliament, after general elections 2018.Speaking about the PDM, he said that a party cannot take solo flight when it is part of an alliance.
“One has to support other parties because in an alliance, one cannot undertake solo flights or take lone decisions,” he added.On PM’s resignation, Senate election: When asked to comment on the Opposition’s deadline of resigning from the assemblies in protest against the government, Haideri said:
“Our resignations are with us, when the leadership [of the PDM] decides, we will tender them,” he said. Haideri said that the Opposition was waiting for the prime minister’s resignation but he had not thrown in the towel. He alleged that the government used to panic whenever the PDM held its political gatherings.
“Whenever the PDM holds its rallies, the government screams,” he said. “They allocate 15 ministers in their bid to fail our jalsas. The government is afraid of the PDM hence if not today, it must go home tomorrow,” added Haideri.Speaking on the Senate election, the JUI-F leader said that the party was not worried because its parliamentarians had “never sold out”.
“Whatever decision the PDM leadership takes on Senate election, we will stand with it,” he said. Meanwhile, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Shibli Faraz on Monday said that the deadline of resignation drama of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has been over.
In a tweet, Shibli Faraz said the general public of the country has come to know that their resignation threat was based on self-interest and lust for power.
He said the conspiracies of the opposition have completely failed as the masses rejected their narrative and supported the democratically elected government. It is to be noted that the PDM [Pakistan Democratic Movement] deadline date for Prime Minister Imran Khan’s resignation has expired Jan 31 (yesterday). PPP working on a plan to bring about in-house change: According to a report PPP has prepared a working plan to muster support of the PDM for an in-house change, both in the Punjab and federal level.
The working plan, prepared by former president Asif Ali Zardari and PPP chairperson Bilawal in coordination with senior party members, would be presented in an upcoming PDM meeting. “The plan will focus on three no-confidence motions against Punjab chief minister Usman Buzdar, Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser and Prime Minister Imran Khan,” the sources had said.
Agencies added that the PPP leadership has taken strong notice of apprehensions, shown by the PML-N and the JUI-F over its proposal of in-house change and decided that it would give arguments and thoroughly present its viewpoint in the upcoming PDM meeting.
