Islamabad :
The decision to file a no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister was taken at a meeting of the PML-N parliamentary party. Shahida Akhtar Ali, Maryam Aurangzeb, Khawaja Saad Rafique, Shazia Murree, Naveed Qamar, Rana Sanaullah and Ayaz Sadiq had reached the National Assembly Secretariat to recuse the National Assembly session and submit no-confidence motion.
The no-confidence motion was received by the staff of the National Assembly Secretariat and according to the rules, the Speaker is required to convene the National Assembly session after at least 3 days and before 7 days.
Sources said that the opposition has claimed that they have completed the numbers and at present they have the support of 197 to 202 members.
Sources said that the opposition has also claimed the support of 27 members of PTI and members of a coalition party.
According to sources, the no-confidence motion filed by the opposition in the National Assembly has the signatures of 86 opposition members.
On the other hand, in the meeting of the PML-N parliamentary party, the PML-N leadership has directed all the members to stay in Islamabad for the next 20 days initially.
Sources said that the league leadership told its members that next 3 weeks are very important so absence from Islamabad will not be tolerated in any case.
In a meeting of the parliamentary party, Shahbaz Sharif said that presenting a no-confidence motion would be a historic defeat for the government.
