Vikrant Shekhawat : Mar 27, 2022, 07:43 PM
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is attending a massive rally in Islamabad ahead of the vote on the no-confidence motion. Thousands of people have gathered in this rally on Sunday. The Imran government has arranged special trains to reach his supporters from different cities. This rally is being called Imran's show of strength before the no-confidence motion is introduced.
The Imran Khan government has requested Pakistan Railways to run special trains to bring its party workers from Lahore and other cities. Thousands of Khan's supporters have arrived in trains, public vehicles and private cars to attend the ruling party's historic rally. The caravan of Khan's party arrived from Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and other cities and reached the parade ground to take part in the rally.
Significantly, Imran Khan is leading a coalition government. Khan's allies are shunning him while nearly two dozen MPs from his party are revolting against him. Khan's (69) party has 155 members in the 342-member National Assembly and will need the support of at least 172 MPs to remain in government.
The opposition has also tightened its waist
Apart from this, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), a coalition of opposition parties, is also going to hold a political program in Islamabad on Monday. The PDM consists of Jamiat-e-Islam Fazl and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. The PDM has decided to show its strength a day later which will coincide with the session of the National Assembly, when the no-confidence motion is due to be formally moved in the House.
At the same time, another major protest march was started from Lahore on Saturday under the leadership of PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz and her close relative Hamza Shahbaz (Shahbaz Sharif's daughter). It is scheduled to reach Islamabad on Monday via GT Road to attend the opposition rally. "This (March) will prove to be the last nail in the coffin of the Imran Khan-led government," Maryam told her supporters.
The Imran Khan government has requested Pakistan Railways to run special trains to bring its party workers from Lahore and other cities. Thousands of Khan's supporters have arrived in trains, public vehicles and private cars to attend the ruling party's historic rally. The caravan of Khan's party arrived from Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and other cities and reached the parade ground to take part in the rally.
Significantly, Imran Khan is leading a coalition government. Khan's allies are shunning him while nearly two dozen MPs from his party are revolting against him. Khan's (69) party has 155 members in the 342-member National Assembly and will need the support of at least 172 MPs to remain in government.
The opposition has also tightened its waist
Apart from this, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), a coalition of opposition parties, is also going to hold a political program in Islamabad on Monday. The PDM consists of Jamiat-e-Islam Fazl and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. The PDM has decided to show its strength a day later which will coincide with the session of the National Assembly, when the no-confidence motion is due to be formally moved in the House.
At the same time, another major protest march was started from Lahore on Saturday under the leadership of PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz and her close relative Hamza Shahbaz (Shahbaz Sharif's daughter). It is scheduled to reach Islamabad on Monday via GT Road to attend the opposition rally. "This (March) will prove to be the last nail in the coffin of the Imran Khan-led government," Maryam told her supporters.