ISLAMABAD
\n\u201cWe had settled all with the PML-N, two months before the no-confidence motion,\u201d former opposition leader Raja Riaz said on Saturday.
\nHe was talking about the no-trust motion in the National Assembly last year, the passage of which removed the PTI chairman from the prime minister\u2019s office.
\n\u201cWe were in talks with Shehbaz Sharif, which were later conveyed to Nawaz Sharif on phone,\u201d Riaz said. \u201cThere was no guarantor, we and they are committed to what was decided before the no-trust motion,\u201d he told a private television channel.
\n\u201cI am grateful to Shehbaz Sharif, he has fulfilled, what he committed to anyone,\u201d Raja Riaz said. \u201cEight members of our group want to move to some other party instead of the PML-N,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cWe were determined to push the PTI chairman, out of the PM office,\u201d he said. \u201cWe had come to know that we would be picked from the Parliament
\nLodges, thus we moved to the Sindh House,\u201d replying a question Riaz said.
\n\u201cWhat the PTI chairman said, was not complied, it means they had withdrawn from him,\u201d Raja Riaz said. \u201cWhen we were not allowed to be picked, it was hint that the no-confidence motion will become successful,\u201d he said.
\nRaja Riaz, who has now joined the PML-N, has said that the lobbying being conducted only for Nawaz Sharif to become the prime minister.
\n\u201cPML-N going to sweep in Punjab, there is no matching rival of the party\u201d.
\n\u201cPTI chairman was not respecting us, his secretary even not taking our phones. Azam Khan has now become an approver against him, earlier he was a Pharaoh,\u201d Riaz said.
\n \u201cPTI chairman had not courage to ring the bell to summon him.\u201d
\n\u201cWe had burnt boats and were ready to cast vote and be declared disqualified. We were present in the house, but Shehbaz Sharif prevented us from casting vote,\u201d he said.
\nReplying a question over opposing statements of Asif Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto, Raja Riaz said these statements should not be taken \u2018serious\u2019.
\n\u201cOne is igniting fire, while other extinguishing it\u201d, he commented.
\n\u201cZardari is a seasoned politician, while Bilawal is still learning,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cThe PTI has been in dire straits and lacking candidates for election, while there is scarce time for new candidates,\u201d Raja Riaz said.
\n\u201cI am not seeing the Istehkam Pakistan Party voters and can only pray for them,\u201d he further said.
\nHe stressed for formation of a national government with \u201call stakeholders on same page and part of the government.\u201d
\n\u201cThe PTI, except terrorists, could also become a part of the national government,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD \u201cWe had settled all with the PML-N, two months before the no-confidence motion,\u201d former opposition leader Raja Riaz said on Saturday. He was talking about the no-trust motion in the National Assembly last year, the passage of which removed the PTI chairman from the prime minister\u2019s office. \u201cWe were in talks with Shehbaz Sharif, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-370414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n