The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) considers the Pakistan People’s Party’s decision not to participate in its all parties conference (APC) unless it is held under the ARD to be an expression of no-confidence in the PML-N. “Our leaders consider the recent decision of the PPP leadership not to attend the APC as an expression of no-confidence in the PML-N. Mian Nawaz Sharif had sought the opinion of PPP Chairwoman Benazir Bhutto by sending her the agenda of the moot,” sources in the PML-N told Daily Times.They said that Sharif had decided to convene the APC because he had good ties with other opposition parties. If the PPP were to hold the APC, the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) would be reluctant to participate. The sources added that during his meeting with Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan had expressed concern that the PPP would not attend the APC, but Sharif was still optimistic about the party’s participation. The sources said that the top leadership of the PML-N in Pakistan had discussed this development with Nawaz Sharif. “Once we get a formal reply from the PPP, only then will we decide whether this APC should held under the umbrella of the ARD or not,” said the sources. However, they said that the PML-N believed the PPP’s decision would send a negative signal about the ARD and Charter of Democracy signed last year.