“One PDM so many narratives”, Shibli Faraz
News Desk :
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Shibli Faraz on Monday said, “one PDM so many narratives”. The minister took to social media network Twitter and said there were multiple narratives within the anti-government alliance.
Shibli Faraz stated that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was calling for a moving no-confidence motion and at the same time Maryam Nawaz was trying to stress on launching of a long-march. “Clear difference of narratives within the PDM”, he asserted.
The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of 11 opposition parties has launched a protest movement against the Pakistan Tehrik e Insaf (PTI) led government in the country. PDM chief Maulana Fazal ur Rehman has announced to intensify protest against what he called ‘selected’ rulers in the days to come.
The federal minister’s tweet comes two days after PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal demanded PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to “show numbers” to back up his suggestion of a no-confidence motion against the incumbent government. Bilawal had last week hinted at the possibility of ousting the PTI government through a no-confidence motion and said all member parties of the PDM will be convinced to use this option and reach a consensus on the issue.
In his press conference on Saturday, Iqbal said that the PML-N was also not in favour of in-house change proposed by another party in the PDM.
“In-house change can be a proposal of any other opposition party, but we are not in favour of it as it is not a viable option. For this, horse-trading will have to be done and we are not in favour of it. In the Senate chairman (Sanjrani) election, we witnessed how 64 votes of the opposition were reduced to 52. This game will have to be played again for in-house change,” he said.
He further emphasised that a long march was the PDM’s only option to oust the government, adding that the PPP chairman’s suggestion of a no-confidence motion was an old one.
“One PDM so many narratives”, Shibli Faraz
