PM decision on trust vote had set new democratic tradition: Shibli
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PM decision on trust vote sets new democratic tradition: Shibli
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National
March 3, 2021
NOWSHERA: In a last ditch effort, the government on Tuesday managed to woo the recently ousted provincial minister Liaqat Khattak to vote for the candidates of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the Senate elections.
Liaqat Khattak had recently vowed not to vote for the PTI candidates in the Senate polls. He was dismissed as irrigation minister after being accused of supporting the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Ikhtiar Wali in the by-election in the provincial assembly constituency PK-63 Nowshera that had fallen vacant after the death of PTI lawmaker Jamsheduddin Kakakhel.
Though he had pledged allegiance to the PTI after being sacked and had expressed his desire to meet Prime Minister Imran Khan, he was not granted an audience by the premier, which reportedly angered and prompted him to change his mind.