PML-N okays no-trust move, tells MNAs to stay put in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday presided over a meeting of the PML-N’s parliamentary party.

Sources told ARY News that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who joined the meeting from London via a video link, gave the go-ahead to a no-trust move to be brought against the Imran Khan government in Parliament.

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They said the PML-N MNAs who were in attendance in the meeting signed a resolution to table the no-trust motion. The party has barred all its lawmakers from leaving the capital.

Addressing the meeting, PML-N stalwart Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said the opposition is going to bring a no-confidence motion against the government, adding that a requisition notice seeking a session of the National Assembly for the purpose will be submitted soon.

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He also instructed the MNAs to stay put in Islamabad as the National Assembly session could be convened any time.