Two opposition alliances to emerge
National
April 15, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The emergence of two opposition alliances, one comprising eight parties and the other two, has made the break-up of the Pakistan Democratic Movement PDM) a foregone conclusion.
Seven months after its formation, the PDM is on the verge of disintegrating. Ironically, it is differences with the policies of the host of the All Parties’ Conference in which the alliance was set up that has become the major reason for its ultimate division. It was cobbled together with the objective of giving a tough time to the government but its fragmentation has conversely buoyed up the regime, which is rejoicing over the fate that the alliance has met in a short span of time.
PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari addresses a press conference after the CEC meeting. DawnNewsTV
The Central Executive Committee of the PPP has asked all the party members to resign from their positions in the opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM).
Making the announcement at a press conference after the conclusion of the crucial CEC meeting on Monday, PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said no party should try and impose their will and dictation on any other political party .
He said the CEC had rejected the show-cause notice issued to the PPP by other PDM parties and directed all its office-bearers in the PDM to submit their resignations from these offices with immediate effect in protest of the attitude, conduct and actions of other office-bearers of the PDM .
لیگی سینیٹرز کا صادق سنجرانی سے انہیں آزاد گروپ کی حیثیت میں تسلیم کرنے کا مطالبہ - Pakistan dawnnews.tv - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dawnnews.tv Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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ISLAMABAD: Senior vice president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in his capacity as Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) secretary general issued show-cause notice to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Awami National Party (ANP) on Monday for nominating Yousuf Raza Gilani as the opposition leader in the Senate “in violation of the unanimous decision” of the alliance.
The PPP, however, questioned the authority and the procedure adopted for the issuance of the notice and alleged that “the move is not only aimed at damaging the PPP, but finding an excuse to formally abolish the opposition’s alliance which received big successes against the government during the recent by-polls and the Senate elections”.
ANP central vice-president Ameer Haider Khan Hoti addresses a press conference on Tuesday. DawnNewsTV
The Awami National Party (ANP) on Tuesday formally announced that it was withdrawing from the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), saying the opposition alliance had been hijacked by some of its members for their own interests.
Speaking at a press conference after a meeting of the party leadership, ANP central vice-president Ameer Haider Khan Hoti criticised the issuance of a show-cause notice to the ANP by PDM secretary general Shahid Khaqan Abbasi of the PML-N for helping the PPP in getting Yousuf Raza Gilani elected as the opposition leader in the Senate.