Tag: Unification

ISLAMABAD - United against the Chaudhrys of Gujrat, members of the PML-Q unification bloc are divided over the race to get ministerial berths in case the PML-N expels the PPP from the provincial cabinet after February 23, the deadline given to the government to implement Nawaz Sharif's 10-point agenda.
A source in the bloc told Pakistan Today that after being granted a separate parliamentary party status in the Punjab Assembly, the PML-Q dissident group was receiving signals from

LAHORE - Following the two-year long struggle, the unification bloc in the Punjab Assembly has finally been granted an independent status when the speaker allocated the bloc separate seats in the House on Tuesday. A Punjab Assembly source told Pakistan Today that Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal used his powers under the rule 2 of Chapter 1 of the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly and allocated separate seats to the PML-Q dissidents who proved their majority in the Punjab Assembly against

LAHORE - The politics of reconciliation worked once again in Punjab as the PPP has withdrawn its plans to stage sit-ins after PPP Senior Minister Raja Riaz's one-on-one meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday.
However, the PPP parliamentary leader in Punjab Assembly cautioned Shahbaz that his government would have to face strong reaction if the PML-Q unification bloc was allotted an independent status in the assembly. The PPP sources said Riaz boldly conveyed

ISLAMABAD - The fate of the unification bloc regarding a separate parliamentary party status in the Punjab Assembly will be decided after February 23, the cutoff date given by the PML-N to the PPP government for implementing Nawaz Sharif's 10-point agenda.
This was decided in a meeting of PML-N central leaders chaired by PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif. "The PML-N central leaders decided that if the PPP failed to implement the 10-point agenda by February 23 and the PML-N opted to oust

ISLAMABAD - The understanding reached between the PPP and the PML-N over the implementation of a national agenda has frustrated the PML-Q unification bloc's strategy to revolt against the Chaudhrys, as the group is disappointed with the reconciliatory move by the federal and provincial governments. Changing its position, the PML-Q unification bloc in the Punjab has decided to postpone their plan to form a separate parliamentary group in the provincial assembly, adopting a cautious

ISLAMABAD - The unification bloc in the Punjab has finalised its strategy to turn tables on the Chaudhrys-led PML-Q with the support of 46 members with the formation of a separate parliamentary group in the provincial assembly to finally deal a deadly blow to the mother party.
A source confided to Pakistan Today that the unification bloc had won the support of 46 members of the Punjab Assembly against 32 in the Chaudhrys' group. This group would show its strength to the media

ISLAMABAD - The PML-Q unification bloc in Punjab is divided on whether to support the PML-N in case the party loses majority in the provincial assembly if its partnership with the PPP ends.
While one group in the unification bloc is suggesting the PML-N sit on opposition benches and let the PPP and the PML-Q form a government, the other group has extended its full support to Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in case the PPP is out of the coalition.
A source in the unification

ISLAMABAD
The unification bloc in the Punjab Assembly has been mounting pressure on Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to oust the PPP from the provincial cabinet.
A source in the unification bloc - which consists of MPAs of the PML-Q - told Pakistan Today that the group was urging the PML-N to show the door to the PPP at the earliest, as a further delay could spoil relations between the PML-N and the unification bloc.
He said a majority of MPAs affiliated with the