Political Crisis Rises Over No-Trust Motion Against Pak PM Imran Khan - All You Need To Know

Political crisis has arisen since the no-confidence motion tabled against Pak PM as he acts the police to act tough in an act of desperation or over-confidence.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan (File Pic)

New Delhi: A no-confidence motion was tabled against Pakistan PM Imran Khan and his government accusing him of mismanaging the economy which has led to a political crisis between the Opposition and Imran Khan's government.

On Monday, Pakistani police booked two Members of the Pakistan Assembly (MPAs) from Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government and several other party leaders for staging a protest outside the residence of a dissident PTI member of the National Assembly Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, ANI reported.

The members of the Sindh Assembly were booked by the police in the FIR at Boat Basin police station in Karachi under charges of threatening a person, the news agency reported. Moreover, the PTI workers also staged a protest outside the Clifton police station over the arrest of party leader Murad Sheikh and his family members.

The motion comes as the general inflation measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI) clocked in at a 24-month peak of 13 per cent in January as prices of almost all commodities and utilities maintained a growing trend.

The Speaker summoned the session under Article 54 (3) and Article 254 of the Constitution, ANI reported. The 14-day constitutional deadline to convene the NA session on the Opposition requisition will expire on March 21. 

The key leaders of the Opposition parties will meet on Monday at the residence of the Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif to hold a consultative huddle to chalk out an effective strategy to make its no-confidence motion successful.

Clause 3 of Article 54 of the Pakistan Constitution says, "On a requisition signed by not less than one-fourth of the total membership of the National Assembly, the Speaker shall summon the National Assembly to meet, at such time and place as he thinks fit, within fourteen days of the receipt of the requisition; and when the Speaker has summoned the Assembly only he may prorogue it", ANI reported.

According to Article 254, "When any act or thing is required by the Constitution to be done within a particular period and it is not done within that period, the doing of the act or thing shall not be invalid or otherwise ineffective by reason only that it was not done within that period," the report further said. 

The Pakistan National Assembly Speaker summoned a session of the National Assembly of Pakistan in Islamabad on March 25 for a no-confidence motion against Imran Khan.

The Opposition parties in Pakistan are jettisoning mutual hatred to oust Imran Khan as they submitted the no-confidence motion in the National Assembly secretariat on March 8. While the Imran Khan government has exuded confidence to defeat the no-trust motion, the Opposition is sure that they will oust Khan.

172 members of the National Assembly (MNAs) have to pass the motion and the Opposition face a tough task to bring that number not only in the National Assembly but also ensuring that they remain inside the Assembly hall during the voting time.