The chair of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan is about to go. On Tuesday, opposition parties have moved a no-confidence motion in the Pakistan Parliament. Maryam Aurangzeb, representing the PML-N, said a delegation of senior opposition MPs moved a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan in the National Assembly Secretariat. This has been confirmed on their side after a delegation of opposition MPs including Rana Sanaullah, Ayaz Sadiq, Shazia Mari and Maryam Aurangzeb reached Parliament House in Islamabad.
According to the information received, a total of 86 members of opposition parties in Pakistan have signed this resolution. As per the rule 68 MNAs are required to sign the petition and the speaker has 3-7 days to call the session for voting. Also, PML-N MNA has been instructed to stay in Islamabad as the coming 3 weeks are going to be politically crucial.
It is being told that the proposal seeking special session has been moved by JUI-FS Shahida Akhtar Ali. While PML-NS Saad Rafiq, Maryam Aurangzeb, Ayaz Sadiq, Rana Sanaullah and PPPs Naveed Qamar and Shazia Mari have moved a no-confidence motion against Imran Khan through letters, which have been submitted to the National Assembly Secretariat.
PPP leader Naveed Qamar said it required a National Assembly session, for which more than 100 MPs have signed. He said that as per the rules of the National Assembly, the signature of at least 68 MPs is required for the session to be called for voting on a no-confidence motion. However, the opposition needs the support of 172 MPs to pass the no-confidence motion against the prime minister.
On the other hand, it is believed that Pakistan’s army is not taking the side of this political turmoil and has decided to distance itself from its previous ally Imran Khan.
Significantly, earlier on Monday, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) President Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari had given a 24-hour ultimatum to Prime Minister Imran Khan. Bilawal said that Imran should resign and dissolve the assembly or else be ready to be ousted from power through a no-confidence motion.