PML-N Punjab President and MNA Rana Sanaullah on Saturday seemed confident that the opposition’s planned no-trust move against the Imran Khan-led government will be successful.
Speaking to the media after appearing before a court in a drug case, he said the government has a razor-thin majority in Centre as well as in Punjab.
“There is a difference of only five to seven numbers in Centre and Punjab. The no-trust move will be successful,” Sanaullah said.
He also condemned the murder of journalist Athar Mateen at the hands of robbers in Karachi on Friday.
Earlier, the court put off the drug recovery case against him and co-accused until March 12 due to the absence of judge Mohammad Naeem Shaikh.
Rana was arrested in July, 2020 by the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF). The ANF had claimed that 15 kilogrammes of drugs were recovered from the PML-N leader’s car. He was later released on bail in December of the same year.
Though the ANF has already filed the chargesheet against the suspects, the court has yet not framed charges against them despite the passage of more than two years since the registration of the case.
On Saturday, PML-N Information Secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb made similar comments as Sanaullah during a press conference in Lahore.
“The nation has rejected you,” she said while addressing the prime minister. “You will get to know how many of PTI’s people are left with you in the no-confidence motion. As for these remaining few rented spokespersons, not a single one will be standing with you when you lose the seat [of power].”
Aurangzeb said the time has come for Prime Minister Imran to go home, predicting he would do so before the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s long march towards Islamabad on March 23.
She also said the opposition’s preparations and strategy for the no-confidence move were complete.
“Today is the right time when the opposition and their own people are united and ready to send them home,” she added.
