Pakistan Political Crisis Highlights: Dy Speaker Qasim Suri Did Not Resign, Set To Chair The Crucial NA Session On Monday
Pakistan Political Crisis: A national emergency has been announced in Pakistan after Imran Khan was ousted from power on Saturday.
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Pakistan Political Crisis: After Imran Khan's government lost the no-confidence motion on Saturday night, Pakistan's National Assembly will vote on April 11 (Monday) to elect a new Prime Minister.
The Imran Khan government was ousted from power in Pakistan at the end of high political drama in the National Assembly with the Supreme Court having earlier overturned the decision of the Deputy Speaker to reject the opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion against the ruling coalition.
The vote finally took place in the National Assembly past midnight with 174 members voting in favour of the motion in the 342-member House. During the vote, members of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were not present.
The Dawn newspaper said citing the presiding officer of the National Assembly, Ayaz Sadiq said that the nomination papers for the new prime minister may be submitted by 2 pm today (Sunday) and scrutiny would be done by 3pm. He summoned the session on Monday at 11 am and said the new premier would be elected then. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif, who is currently the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, is likely to become the next Prime Minister.
Pakistan's Supreme Court, in a historic judgement on Thursday, had fixed the convening of the session of the National Assembly "not later than 10:30 AM on Saturday" after setting aside the ruling that Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri had delivered during the April 3 session of the National Assembly which had rejected the no-confidence motion on "constitutional grounds".
Declaring the ruling of the Deputy Speaker "to be contrary to the Constitution and the law and of no legal effect", the Court set aside all the subsequent steps taken, including the dissolution of the National Assembly, and restored Prime Minister Imran Khan and all the Federal Ministers to their positions as of April 3. The court also fixed the Saturday session with the conditions that the session cannot be adjourned unless the motion is voted upon, and in case Imran Khan loses the no-trust vote, the next PM has to be elected in the same session
Dy Speaker Qasim Suri did not resign, set to chair the crucial NA session on Monday
Pakistan: Dy Speaker Qasim Suri did not resign, set to chair the crucial NA session on Monday.
PTI members of National Assembly plan to resign: Fawad Choudhry
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) planned to submit en masse resignations to the National Assembly on Sunday, a day after party chairman Imran Khan was deposed as Prime Minister of Pakistan after losing a vote of confidence, according to senior official Fawad Choudhry.
"The PTI has decided to resign from the assemblies, this process will start from the National Assembly after the election of the Prime Minister tomorrow," he tweeted in Urdu.
تحریک انصاف نے اسمبلیوں سے مستعفیٰ ہونے کا فیصلہ کیا ہے، کل وزیر اعظم کے انتخاب کے بعد یہ عمل قومی اسمبلی سے شروع کیا جائیگا
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 10, 2022
Pakistan Political Crisis LIVE: Pakistan's Freedom Struggle Begins Again Today, Tweets Former PM Imran Khan
Pakistan became an independent state in 1947; but the freedom struggle begins again today against a foreign conspiracy of regime change. It is always the people of the country who defend their sovereignty & democracy, tweets former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan
Pakistan became an independent state in 1947; but the freedom struggle begins again today against a foreign conspiracy of regime change. It is always the people of the country who defend their sovereignty & democracy, tweets former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan
— ANI (@ANI) April 10, 2022
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NA session scheduled for 2pm tomorrow to elect new leader of the House
NA session scheduled for 2pm tomorrow to elect new leader of the House
— Geo English (@geonews_english) April 10, 2022
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ISPR refuted media reports claiming Imran Khan tried to replace Pakistan Army chief
ISPR refuted media reports claiming Imran Khan tried to replace Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Bajwa.
"Propaganda report has not cited any credible, verified, or relevant source," it stated, as reported by Geo News.
Click here to know what the media reports have claimed about the alleged late-night meeting between the two.
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