Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Shazia Marri has warned that her party may end its support to the federal government due to a lack of confidence in important decisions, stressing that if the party withdraws its support, the federal government would collapse.
In a statement, PPP leader Shazia Marri reacted sharply to the Maritime and Maritime Port Authority’s decision, saying the federal government routinely makes decisions without consulting PPP, including the creation of the Maritime Port Authority and maritime of Pakistan.
She said the Sindh government and the PPP were kept in the dark about the creation of the authority. She reiterated that as long as the PPP continues to support the federal government, it will remain in power, but once that support ends, the government will cease to exist.
Marri further pointed out that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) might not realize this, adding that the PPP had been demanding the convening of the National Interest Council meeting for a long time, but this has not been summoned for eleven months. .
The PPP spokesperson said the continued violation of the constitution by the Prime Minister, who is legally required to convene the Council of Common Interests every three months, is alarming.
Marri demanded that the issue of establishing the Maritime and Maritime Port Authority be brought before the Council of Common Interests, stressing that decisions on key national issues should not be made without consulting allies and provinces. She added that the federal government’s actions are incomprehensible and could lead to deeper divisions.
She urged that the country be governed according to constitutional and legal principles, with consultations with allies and provinces before making decisions on maritime issues and recommendations from port authorities.
Sardar Saleem Haider Khan, Governor of Punjab, had earlier said that the alliance of PML-N and PPP had harmed the latter in the country’s political powerhouse Punjab. But he predicts that it is now the PML-N’s turn to bear the brunt of this alliance.
Khan, who belongs to the PPP, was sworn in after a power-sharing agreement reached between the PPP and the ruling PML-N following the February 8 general elections.
According to the agreement, the PPP chose the constitutional posts of President, Governor of two provinces – Punjab and KP and Chairmanship of the Senate in return for supporting the PML-N-led coalition government at the Centre.
The PPP and the PML-N, major rivals before the emergence of the PTI, had a long history of turf war in the country’s most populous province, which the PML-N had wrested from the PPP.
There is a general impression that anti-PML-N voters in Punjab are disappointed with the PPP after it moved closer to the PML-N and subsequently started voting for the PTI.