'God forbid', Parvez Elahi comes close to us, quips Khawaja Asif.

ISLAMABAD -- Defence Minister Khawaja Asif Monday maintained that there will "definitely" be a change in Punjab, but denied Chief Minister Parvez Elahi's closeness with Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N).

'Imran Khan's alleged dacoit has to be ousted,' said while speaking to journalists during a presser in Lahore, as the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) seeks the removal of CM Elahi.

Refuting the possibility of power-sharing with the PML-Q and CM Elahi's vote of confidence, the minister said: 'I have no knowledge about the power-sharing formula. If the Punjab government has complete votes, then why can't they take the vote of confidence? I believe we have several of our people in the assembly.'

Punjab's political climate continues to fluctuate for the past several months with allies - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) - and the opposition remain at loggerheads with each other.

According to the sources, the PTI has decided not to take a vote of confidence in the Punjab Assembly session on January 9 after input from the party's legal minds. It has planned to seek an opinion from the court.

CM Elahi, too, has rejected taking the vote of confidence in the Punjab Assembly. A PTI dissident lawmaker Nasir Khan Musazai - whose guest house was attacked with a hand grenade last night - also revealed that the Punjab chief minister is not in favour of dissolving the assembly.

Responding to a question pertaining to polls, Asif maintained that elections will take place at its time.

Slamming PTI Chairman Imran Khan, the defence minister said that people are disappointed after the PTI chief got exposed.

'People are finding new parties...