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Gulf within PDM ‘widens further’
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April 6, 2021
Days after PDM’s decision to part ways with PPP and ANP and form a new alliance of five opposition parties having 27 members in Senate, show-cause notices were served to both the political parties by the alliance, signalling a widening split within the opposition parties.
“Show-cause notices have been issued after approval from PDM President Maulana Fazlur Rehman and sent on WhatsApp,” PML-N stalwart Shahid Khaqan Abbasi told a private TV channel, adding that both the parties have been given seven days to respond. “Whatever answer is received will be presented during a meeting of the opposition alliance’s constituent parties,” he said. “The PDM will decide the future course of action,” he added.