The first visible crack in the ruling PTI coalition has come into public when Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad and PML-Q’s Moonis Elahi clashed in public on Saturday in the backdrop of the no-confidence motion tabled by the joint Opposition against Prime Minister Imran Khan, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

Talking to the media in Quetta, Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed alleged that the people having only five seats were blackmailing the PTI for Punjab chief ministership.

Reacting to the Interior Minister’s statement, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader and Federal Minister Moonis Elahi said “I respect Sheikh Sahib but he is forgetting that he during his student life used to take money from the elders of my party.”

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The sources said that PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujat Hussain also took Sh Raseed’s statement seriously and has expressed displeasure over it.

Ch Shujat said that Sheikh Rashid should not have made such a statement, the PML-Q leadership is angry on his views.

On the other hand, the PML-Q leadership held a consultative meeting on the issue of the current political situation after the submission of the no-confidence motion against PM Imran Khan.

After the meeting, Ch Shujat said that his party—the PML-Q was not confused about the situation of the no-confidence motion issue but a final decision is likely in tomorrow's meeting.

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Reporter: Awais Kiyani