Pakistan Crisis: Army Chief, ISI Head Meet PM Imran Khan Ahead Of No-Trust Vote

However, Pakistan Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry bestowed confidence on the Prime Minister and said that Imran Khan is a player who fights till the last ball and "will not resign".

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (File Photo/ Getty)

Islamabad: With almost no hopes left for an embattled Imran Khan to save his government from collapsing, Pakistan's Army Chief General Bajwa and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) head Lieutenant-General Nadeem Anjum reached Prime Minister's official residence in Islamabad for a special meeting. 

The meeting comes hours after a key partner of the ruling coalition of Pakistan's ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said it will support the Opposition's no-confidence motion in the National Assembly.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), earlier in the day, said that it was joining the opposition ranks. The Khan government effectively lost the majority after the MQM-P with its seven members decided to join the opposition.

However, Pakistan Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry bestowed confidence on the Prime Minister and said that Imran Khan is a player who fights till the last ball and "will not resign".

Earlier in the day, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid told Pakistan media that Khan will address the nation after a meeting of the federal cabinet later tonight. However, the address to the nation was cancelled at the last moment. 

Imran Khan alleged that the current no-trust move was "funded by foreign powers".

The Prime Minister also said that he will show the 'threatening letter', that he referred to in his public rally in Islamabad on March 27, to senior journalists and government allies later on Wednesday, Express Tribune reported.

"I will show this document to the top journalists as its details could not be shared in public," he said, calling the move to remove him a part of a "huge international conspiracy".

Pakistan politics took a nosedive earlier this month after the combined Opposition submitted the no-confidence motion in the National Assembly, which will convene on Thursday to debate the trust vote for Imran Khan's government.

Khan is facing his toughest political test since assuming office in 2018. He would need at least 172 votes in 342 member National Assembly to foil the Opposition's bid to topple him.  

The show of strength in the Parliament seems tough for Imran Khan's party which has suffered defections and cracks as the ruling coalition appeared to have made his position fragile.

As per the aftermath of developments that have happened in the recent past, PTI currently has 155 members and it needs at least 172 lawmakers to retain power. Khan is facing a rebellion by his about two dozen lawmakers and allied parties.

It is interesting to note that no Prime Minister in Pakistan has ever completed a full five-year term in office. Even, no ruling government or coalition in Pakistan's history has ever been ousted through a no-confidence motion.