From Our Correspondent
KARACHI: A day after the joint opposition submitted the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, the premier reached Karachi on Wednesday for a day-long visit in an effort to woo coalition parties – Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA).
This was Imran’s first visit to MQM-Pakistan’s head office in Bahadurabad since becoming the prime minister. He was accompanied by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Federal Minister Ali Zaidi and Sindh Governor Imran Ismail.
A day earlier, the united opposition submitted a no-confidence motion against the chief executive of the country while pinning its hopes for the success of the motion on the estranged members of the ruling party and its allies.
The submission of the motion was followed by a press conference by the top leadership of the opposition parties, including PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif, JUI-F and PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and PPP leader Asif Zardari, who said that the days of the prime minister were numbered and that no rhetoric could save him anymore.
During the meeting with MQM-P’s leadership, the premier was assured of ‘full support’ by the Karachi-based party.
The premier also discussed the political situation with the MQM-P leadership and reportedly discussed the Urban Development Plan and Karachi Development Package.
On March 1, the premier along with federal ministers Fawad Chaudhry, Khusro Bukhtiar, Shafqat Mahmood, Hammad Azhar, Commerce Adviser Razak Dawood, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and other senior leaders of the Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI), met PML-Q leaders – the Chaudhry Brothers – in Lahore.
