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ISLAMABAD
Federal Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb Thursday proved quite ill-informed when Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took vote of confidence in the National Assembly.
Earlier, reports cited sources as saying the premier is likely to take a big decision to overcome the current crisis and he asked allies to ensure the appearance of their lawmakers in the federal capital on April 27.
The reports come after the parliament rejected a bill related to election funding. A few days ago, the NA rejected the demand to disburse Rs21 billion in funds to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for the Punjab polls.
The move came when the Supreme Court questioned Prime Minister’s inability to get passed polls funds bill from the National Assembly.
However, Federal Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb had rubbished the reports about Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s decision to take a vote of confidence. “The prime minister did not decide to take a vote of confidence, she clarified in a tweet.
There is no such consultation and there is no need for it, the information minister said, adding that the prime minister got the vote of the leader of the National Assembly on April 11, 2022. The media should not air the news about Prime Minister without verification, tweeted the minister.
However, today’s move of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of taking a vote of confidence from the National Assembly proved that Information Minister was not well informed about the issue and she wrongly rejected the media reports in this regard.
