Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Thursday that Prime Minister Imran Khan has called a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) this afternoon. He tweeted that there will be a meeting at the Prime Minister’s residence in the afternoon.
The NSC is the highest forum for coordination on security issues in Pakistan. It is presided over by the prime minister and includes key federal ministers, national security advisers, service chiefs and top intelligence officials.
This news comes at a time when it became clear a day ago that the Prime Minister had lost his majority in the National Assembly (NA). The MQM, a key ally of the PTI government at the Centre, has seven seats in the National Assembly. But on Wednesday, he left Imran Khan and joined the opposition.
With this, the opposition now has the support of 177 MNA, which is five more than the 172 required to secure a majority. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulan Fazlur Rehman said the opposition now has 175 MPs in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament.
It has already been announced that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Leader of the Opposition Shahbaz Sharif will be made the new Prime Minister after the withdrawal of Imran Khan.
Imran will address the public tonight
Imran Khan can address the people of the country tonight (March 31). Imran Khan’s minister Fawad Chaudhary gave information by tweeting. He told that Prime Minister Imran Khan will address the nation tonight. Let us inform that before this Imran Khan was going to address the country on 30 March, but in the evening the news came that he would not do so and he postponed his address to the country.