Pakistani opposition leaders to discuss strategy on no-confidence motion today

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top opposition leaders are expected to meet over dinner on Monday to review the country’s emerging political situation and discuss their no-confidence strategy, reported local media.
Last week, the country’s leading opposition factions filed a no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan in the National Assembly Secretariat to bring down his administration.
While opposition parties maintain they have the requisite number of votes in the lower house of parliament to topple Khan’s government, their leaders are likely to review the numerical strength as well.
“The meeting will formulate a strategy regarding the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan and will review its strategy to peel off allies of the ruling coalition to muster required numerical backing to topple the premier,” said The Express Tribune.
The event is scheduled to take place at the residence of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif.
It will also bring together Maulana Fazlur Rehman of Jamiat-e-Ulama-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Sardar Akhtar Mengal of Balochistan National Party (BNP) along with other opposition politicians.
According to the local media, the participants of the meeting are likely to discuss “rifts within the coalition government” which were highlighted during a recent spat between two federal ministers, Sheikh Rashid and Moonis Elahi, and widely reported by newspapers and television channels.