The National Assembly of Pakistan will vote on Saturday on a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan as ordered by the Supreme Court. The discussion on the no-confidence motion is at number four in the six-point agenda released by the National Assembly for discussion in the House on Friday.
The Supreme Court directed the restoration of the National Assembly a day after the government’s decision to dissolve the National Assembly and the decision of Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri in the National Assembly was declared unconstitutional, media reports said. The Supreme Court directed Speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser to convene a session at 10.30 am on Saturday to hold the vote on the no-confidence motion against the prime minister. The Court held that the Assembly was always in effect and would continue to be so.
Work on the return of Nawaz Sharif
The opposition in Pakistan has completed its initial talks to form a new government in case Prime Minister Imran Khan is ousted from power in a vote of no confidence on Saturday. At the same time, the opposition is working vigorously on plans to remove President Arif Alvi and return former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from Britain. This has been told in a news report in the media on Friday.
will announce priorities
According to media reports, 70-year-old Shahbaz Sharif, the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament and the candidate of the opposition as the new prime minister, will announce the priorities of his possible government after being sworn in. He is also the head of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). It is noteworthy that on Thursday, a five-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Omar Ata Bandiyal, in a landmark judgment, said the decision of National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri to dismiss the no-confidence motion against Khan was against the Constitution and the law. and has no legal effect.
Session from 10:30
The session of the National Assembly to vote on the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Khan will be held at 10.30 pm (local time) as ordered by the Supreme Court, according to the day’s business schedule released by the National Assembly Secretariat on Friday.
Considering mass resignation from assemblies: PTI
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has decided to launch an agitation against the dismissal of its government on the basis of the Supreme Court’s decision. It has been told in the media report on Friday that Prime Minister Imran Khan will have to face a no-confidence motion on Saturday. The party announced that it was planning to launch an agitation in the next few days, with every platform to protest against the new government. The party also announced that it is considering mass resignations of its MPs in the national and provincial assemblies.