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BNP, QWP ask PPP to mend fences with PDM
National
April 11, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Two major parties of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Balochistan National Party (BNP) of Sardar Akhtar Mengal and Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) of Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao have advised the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) to mend its fences with the PDM amicably and play its role to strengthen the forces which are struggling for establishing true democratic order in the country.
The two of remaining nine parties of the PDM, which were known for their proximity with the PPP, have forwarded the advice at the heels of important meeting of the PPP Central Executive Committee (CEC) scheduled to meet today (Sunday) where beside other subjects, future bonds of the PPP with the PDM would be determined.
Five parties demand separate opposition benches in Senate
Top Story
April 6, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties in the anti-government coalition, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), clashed in the first formal Senate session on Monday, Geo News reported.
Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani chaired the first sitting. Five opposition parties in the Senate, who had earlier decided to constitute an independent group in the House consisting of 27 members, demanded they be allotted separate opposition benches in the Senate. These parties are PML-N, JUI-F, Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, National Party and BNP (Mengal). The group is being led by the PML-N designated opposition leader Senator Azam Nazir Tarrar.
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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,�
PDM issues show-cause notice to PPP, ANP
PPP says will comment on the development later
PDM. PHOTO: EXPRESS
ISLAMABAD:
As the rifts between the two major opposition parties deepened, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Monday issued a show-cause notice to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Awami National Party (ANP).
PDM Secretary-General and former premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that by issuing show-cause notices, PDM has sought clarification from both parties over the recent issue of taking votes from the government-aligned Balochistan Awami Party (BAP).
The government-aligned party is considered to be a brainchild of the security establishment which the PDM blames for the current political morass.