Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Member of Punjab Assembly (MPA) Rana Mashhood said on Monday that over 120 opposition MPAs had signed the no-confidence motion submitted to the provincial assembly against Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar today, while the numbers will rise to over 200 on the voting day, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.  

Addressing a press conference outside the Punjab Assembly, he, while responding to a question that who would be the next provincial CM; Hamza Shehbaz or Pervaiz Elahi, he said the decision had been taken and soon senior leaders of PML-N and PML-Q would announce the decision in this regard. “Right now all pro-democracy and anti-corruption parties are with us,” he claimed.

Responding to another question as to whether Jahangir Khan Tareen (JKT) and Aleem Khan groups had also been taken on board, Mashhood said it was understood that the motion was submitted after all the matters were settled. “You will know the about the opposition parties’ numerical strength in the provincial assembly in a few days from now,” he added.

Replying to yet another question as to whether the motion was submitted out of fear of the dissolution of the Punjab Assembly, PML-N MPA said his party wanted that the assembly was dissolved and elections were held early so that it could return to the assembly with a thumping majority. “In fact, the dissolution of assemblies suits us,” he clarified.        

He also called ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) rally held in Islamabad yesterday a ‘flop’.