\u2018Attempt for fresh deal\u2019
\nQureshi says PTI legislators, allies will collectively defeat Opposition\u2019s attempts to evade accountability
\n ISLAMABAD
\nForeign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday said that the Opposition parties\u2019 announcement to present a no-confidence motion was another \u201cattempt at a bargaining chip for a fresh deal\u201d.
\nHe said that PTI legislators and their allies in parliament would collectively defeat such attempts by the Opposition leaders to evade accountability.
\nThe minister, who is also the vice chairman of the ruling PTI, quoted Prime Minister Imran Khan as saying that there is zero possibility for an NRO for the accused politicians.
\nOn his twitter handle, the vice-chairman wrote: \u201cAnnouncement to present no-confidence motion is an attempt at a bargaining chip for a fresh deal. PTI parliamentarians & our allies will collectively defeat their attempts to evade accountability. As PM Imran Khan has consistently stated, the possibility of an NRO is zero.\u201d
\nFrom COAS to soldier, all behind PM Imran Khan: Fawad Chaudhry
\nInformation and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Saturday that everyone \u2014 from Chief of Army Staff General Qamar (COAS) Javed Bajwa to a common soldier \u2014 stands behind Prime Minister Imran Khan.
\n\u201cThe citizens of Pakistan stand behind PM Imran Khan as well,\u201d the confident information minister said while speaking in Geo News\u2019 programme \u201cNaya Pakistan\u201d.
\nThe federal minister said a person should have the tendency to resolve issues amicably and work along with the institutions.
\n\u201cIf soldiers are being martyred in Kargil and the if then PM (Nawaz Sharif) goes to India to expand steel business, who will stand by him?\u201d
\nChaudhry said when the PML-N was in government, they were unpopular and their ties with the institutions were not good as well. The information minister claimed the Nawaz Sharif-led party had failed to rule Pakistan.
\n\u201cInstitutions want to see a person in charge who is loyal to Pakistan,\u201d Chaudhry added.
\nCampaign to counter no-confidence motion
\nThe statement comes in the backdrop of the ruling party, PTI, launching a campaign in order to counter the Opposition\u2019s efforts to bring a no-trust motion.
\nIn his address in the first campaign rally in Mandi Bahauddin on Friday, PM Imran said that letting PML-N supremo Nawaz leave Pakistan was a \u201cmajor mistake\u201d made by the incumbent government.
\n\u201cI have a message for the Sharif family: The captain is ready for all your plans. You will not only face defeat, but all of you will go to jail,\u201d the prime minister vowed.
\n\u2018We have required numbers for no-trust motion\u2019
\nMeanwhile, senior PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah claimed Friday the Opposition has achieved the required numbers to oust the PTI governments in the centre and Punjab through no-confidence motions.
\nTalking on Geo News programme \u201cAaj Shahzaib Khanzada Kay Saath\u201d, Sanaullah said that the government has started releasing development funds to PTI lawmakers after the Opposition announced to table a no-trust motion against PM Imran Khan.
\n\u201cHowever, the government is pretending as it\u2019s not worried about the current situation and the Opposition\u2019s no-trust move don\u2019t have any strength to topple the government,\u201d he added.
\nThe government is not yet able to trace the ruling party\u2019s lawmakers who are in contact with the Opposition, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2018Attempt for fresh deal\u2019 Qureshi says PTI legislators, allies will collectively defeat Opposition\u2019s attempts to evade accountability ISLAMABAD Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday said that the Opposition parties\u2019 announcement to present a no-confidence motion was another \u201cattempt at a bargaining chip for a fresh deal\u201d. He said that PTI legislators and their allies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[812],"class_list":{"0":"post-245511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news","7":"tag-fm-qureshi"},"yoast_head":"\n