Just a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan secured a victory in the trust vote in the National Assembly, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) sprung into action and convened an important meeting on Sunday to discuss plans related to the anti-government long march.
According to PML-N spokesperson Maryam Aurangzeb, the meeting was convened at the party office in Chak Shehzad at 1:30 pm on Sunday.
Party vice president Maryam Nawaz Sharif attended the meeting, whereas, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and former finance minister Ishaq Dar joined the meeting virtually from London.
Leader of Opposition Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz also participated from Lahore virtually.
The meeting reviewed the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan while Opposition leaders also expected to formulate a plan-of-action on proposals for the long march.
The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of 11 opposition parties in Pakistan, has announced a long march in Islamabad on March 26.
Pakistan opposition has rejected Imran Khan’s vote of confidence and dared him to take trust vote directly from the nation.
Speaking to media just after the National Assembly (NA) session concluded, PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said the Constitution clearly stated that the president can summon a session “if he believes that the prime minister does not hold majority”.
“Here, the session was called over a summary by the fake prime minister. Summary is not involved in summoning such sessions, all of this is a drama,” he said.
On Saturday, Imran Khan won a trust vote in the NA with his party securing votes above a majority mark in the 342-member lower house of parliament.
Khan decided to take a vote of confidence after finance minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, last week, faced a drubbing in the Senate election, reinforcing the Opposition to demand the Prime Minister’s resignation.