Shehbaz, Zardari meet, discuss no-trust motion against govt

Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Shhebaz Sharif and Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari met at Bilawal House Lahore on Tuesday to discuss modalities of no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Rana Sanaullah, Ahsan Iqbal, Khawaja Saad Rafique and Maryam Aurangzeb accompanied Shehbaz Sharif.

On arrival at Bilawal House, former President Asif Ali Zardari, Yousuf Raza Gilani, Raja Pervez Ashraf, Makhdoom Ahmed Mahmood and Rukhsana Bangash received the PML-N leadership.

Later, Maulana Asad-ur-Rehman and Akram Durrani from Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam also reached Bilawal House. Asif Ali Zardari had invited the opposition leaders for dinner.

Accoridng to the joint statement, both sides agreed to discuss practical steps in shaping no-trust move against the PTI government. 

All the leaders agreed that inflation was “burning” the houses of the people and they could only be saved by sending the incumbent government home.

The statement said the leaders also expressed concern over "cheating and lawlessness” in the country as the government has failed to save lives property and meet the basic needs of the people.

“We will snatch the power from the leaders who are snatching freedom of media and expression,” said the opposition leaders in the statement.

It was agreed that top leaders of three mainstream parties-- Shehbaz Sharif, Asif Zardari, Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Bilawal Bhutto-- would hold joint meeting at Shehbaz's residence to finalize anti-government campaign.