PDM to issue notices to PPP, ANP for violating Steering Committee’s decision

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) Steering Committee has decided to issue show cause notices to Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Awami National Party (ANP) for violating the committee’s decision to appoint consensus candidate for leader of the opposition in the Senate.
Requesting anonymity, sources in the opposition alliance told Pakistan Today that the eight parties of the PDM agreed at a meeting chaired by former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi that both parties will be given an opportunity to express their reasons for violation of the decision of the Steering Committee.
“The meeting decided to give an opportunity to the PPP and ANP for violating the unanimous decision of the PDM. If both the parties fail to come up with satisfactory answers, both the parties will be removed from the PDM,” the sources said.
According to sources, the meeting of the steering committee of PDM was held at the residence of senior vice president PML-N Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
The next course of action was considered at the PDM meeting. The PPP and ANP were not invited to the meeting.
Sources said that leaders of eight parties of PDM held consultations in the meeting.
The eight PDM parties decided to give the PPP and ANP a chance to express their views. The eight parties agreed to issue show cause notices to PPP and ANP.
“Show-cause notices will be issued with the approval of PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman. It was decided in the meeting that if they failed to respond logically, the PPP and ANP would be expelled from the PDM,” the sources said.
The sources said that it has also been agreed to convene a follow up meeting before Eidul Fitr.
“The central leadership meeting will be convened when Maulana Fazlur Rehman recovers,” the sources said.
The sources added that the eight parties of PDM also agreed to form an independent opposition alliance of 27 senators in the Senate, minus PPP and ANP.