Conflict arise between PPP and PDM over economic situation, by-elections and other issues
PPP and ANP rejected decision to boycott by-elections, contrary to decision of PDM leadership, There is also a tug-of-war between parties involved in government coalition on matters of business and government, PPP has termed economic policies of Legislature Finance Minister Ishaq Dar as harmful for country
Differences among the political parties in Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), People’s Party (PPP), Awami National Party (ANP), Muslim League-Nun (PML-N), and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUIF). came forward.
In the virtual meeting of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), the leadership of the PPP was advised to boycott the by-elections of the National Assembly, but the PP did not agree, and the NAP became their ally.
After the proposal given by the PDM leadership to the PPP, the proposal was discussed in the parliamentary board meeting chaired by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, in which different opinions were expressed by the leaders, but no final decision was taken.
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State Minister Faisal Karim Kundi belonging to PPP says that he will field his candidates in all constituencies in the upcoming by-elections. We hope other PDM parties will follow suit.
According to Faisal Karim Kundi, People’s Party is not a part of any electoral alliance, we are only part of the government alliance. Contrary to PDM’s proposal, the decision to participate in by-elections should not come as a surprise to any party.
Minister of State Faisal Karim said that the Pakistan Democratic Movement believes that it should not waste its energies by participating in the by-elections, while our position is that the field should not be left open for the opposition parties.
The by-elections and other issues have been discussed in the meeting between Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the head of Pakistan Democratic Movement and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, but no official statement has come out yet.
According to the sources, Maulana Fazlur Rahman reiterated his stand during the meeting with Shehbaz Sharif that PDM should not contest the upcoming by-elections but JUIF has not decided to participate in the election or not.
Non-League leaders have admitted that ANP and PPP want to contest the election while Muslim League (N) and JUI-F are against it, who consider it a waste of time to participate in these by-elections. Is.
It is worth mentioning here that in the recent two by-elections, Muslim League-Nun lost badly to Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). According to sources, therefore, the ruling party has been cautious while entering any political arena.
On the other hand, there is a tug-of-war between the parties involved in the PDM on business and government issues. People’s Party has declared the economic policies of PML-N Finance Minister Ishaq Dar as harmful for the country.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s adviser on Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan affairs Qamar Zaman Kaira says that Pakistan People’s Party is independent in its decisions.