‘No party has the right to kick another party out of PDM’: Shehbaz Sharif

“No party has the right to bring or kick another party out [of the alliance]. Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is a forum and decisions are taken with consensus,” said President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shehbaz Sharif on Friday.

کل مولانا فضل الرحمٰن کی صدارت میں پی ڈی ایم کا اجلاس ہوگا اور تمام ممبران کی مشاورت سے جو فیصلے ہونگے میڈیا کو آگاہ کردیا جائےگا

ہم نے پارلیمانی لیڈران کا اجلاس بلایا تھا اسکا پی ڈی ایم سے کوئی تعلق نہیں تھا شاہد خاقان عباسی صاحب نے پوری طرح سے اسکی وضاحت کردی ہے@CMShehbaz pic.twitter.com/cO5oNxNAXW

— PMLN (@pmln_org) May 28, 2021

Shehbaz further added that we had invited ‘parliamentary leaders’ to the dinner, which had nothing to do with the PDM

“Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has already clarified this matter. I, being the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, have a duty to fulfil. We had gathered to discuss the upcoming budget, the ill-performance, and massive failures of the sitting government,” added Shehbaz.

Meanwhile, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry, took to Twitter to comment on Shehbaz Sharif’s stance. “Shehbaz Sharif should first focus on uniting the PML-N instead of uniting the opposition. The boat is in a whirlpool.”

شہباز شریف پہلے اپوزیشن کو اکٹھا کرنے کی بجا ئےنون لیگ کو اکٹھا کرنے پردھیان دیں، کشتی بھنور میں ہےاگراس سے نکلے تو فضل الرحمنٰ کا کندھا تو ہر انتشار کیلئے حاضر ہی ہے، اپوزیشن سنجیدہ ہو تو الیکشن اصلاحات پر بات کرنے کیلئےPDM جیسے چوں چوں کے مربعے کی بجائے پارلیمانی لیڈرز بات کریں

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) May 29, 2021

Chaudhry further added that the government was ready to sit with the Opposition to discuss election reforms.

The PML-N will host an important meeting of the PDM in Islamabad today. The meeting will take place at the PML-N secretariat. The meeting will be held under the chairmanship of the Leader of Jamat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) and acting president of PDM Maulana Fazlur Rehman.

Matters relating to the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Awami National Party (ANP) will be contemplated upon. Opposition leaders will decide if both parties can be taken back again in the alliance or not.

The PDM leaders will discuss the political situation in the country and the future strategy of the anti-government alliance.

Just a day ago, Shehbaz in a TV show hinted at his plan to convince his elder brother and the PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif on these issues in the larger national interest.