Islamabad | Jagran News Desk: Pakistan’s lower house of parliament on Sunday voted in favour of removing Prime Minister Imran Khan from office, following a nearly 14-hour standoff between the opposition and Khan’s ruling party that started on Saturday morning. Opposition parties were able to secure 174 votes in the 342-member house in support of the no-confidence motion, the house speaker said, making it a majority vote. There were just a few legislators of Khan’s ruling party present for the process. The vote means Khan will no longer hold office and the country’s lower house will now elect a new prime minister and government.
Here are the Updates from the no-trust motion against Imran Khan:
– Imran Khan has been ousted as Pakistan Prime Minister after losing a no-confidence vote.
– 174 members have recorded their votes in favour of the resolution. The no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan has been passed in the Pakistan National Assembly.
– Voting on the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan has been concluded in the Pakistan National Assembly.
– The National Assembly session has re-assembled and the voting on the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan has started.
– According to reports in Pakistan media, Imran khan has left his official residence amid the no-trust vote.
– The no-trust vote will take place soon after the Assembly re-assembles post-midnight.
– Pakistan National Assembly adjourned till 12:02 AM Pakistan Standard Time due to the change in date.
– No-trust vote against Imran Khan is being taken up in Pakistan National Assembly.
– Pakistan National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser announced his resignation ahead of the no-trust vote.
–Chief Justice of Pakistan has decided to open the Supreme Court’s doors at 12am, reports Pakistan’s Geo News quoting sources.
– Security deployed outside the Pakistan National Assembly in Islamabad ahead of voting on no-confidence motion against PM Imran Khan.
– Sources as reported by Geo News say voting is unlikely today. However, no other media outlet has reported this as of now.
– PTI submitted a reference against 20 deviant members to National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser as they aim to get dissident party members unseated. The reference against the members filed under Article 63(A): Geo News
– Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has summoned a meeting of his cabinet ministers late on Saturday night at 9.00 pm at his residence.
– The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday filed a review petition against the Supreme Court’s verdict setting aside the National Assembly Deputy Speaker’s rejection of the no-trust motion against Imran Khan, reported local media.
– Pakistan’s I&B Minister Choudhary Fawad Hussain changes his Twitter account bio to former I&B minister ahead of voting on no-confidence motion against PM Imran Khan.
– They (US) want to view Pak & India on different platforms. They said that they look at India through lens of China. PTI govt wants good relations with everyone & expand our diplomatic reach including with Russia, China: Pak’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi
– The nation will decide. Forget that I am speaking as a member of PTI. I am speaking as a Pakistani now, please don’t push this country into a constitutional crisis: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi
– Pakistan is a sovereign state… I want to bring on record, that US NSA called the NSA of Pakistan and ordered us not to go (Russia). Which nation is ordered around like this?: Pakistan Foreign Minister and PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi in National Assembly
– Voting on no-confidence motion against PM Imran Khan expected after 8pm: Pakistan media
– Pakistan’s parliament abruptly adjourned before a planned vote on ousting Prime Minister Imran Khan and had not reconvened as scheduled on Saturday as political uncertainty continued to grip the nuclear-armed country. Members of Khan’s party had suggested on Friday they would try to delay the vote as much as possible.
– Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto on Saturday met National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser in his Chamber during the adjournment of the Saturday session, which has been called to take up the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, while the House is set to resume after the namaz break.
– Maryam Nawaz Sharif, vice president of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Imran Khan, calling him a “Psychopath” while asserting that he must not be allowed to take the nation down.
– Taking the floor, the leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif hailed Thursday as a historic day when the apex court rejected the Deputy Speaker’s ruling to reject the no-confidence motion. According to the PML-N leader, the SC decision had made Pakistan’s future “bright”, reported Geo News.
– Contrary to his earlier statement that he would play the game till the last ball, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was conspicuous by his absence in the National Assembly, which commenced its proceedings on Saturday to take up the no-confidence motion on the direction of the Supreme Court.
– Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser adjourns the House proceedings till 12:30 pm local time
– It is the constitutional right of the Opposition to move a no-confidence motion against the government, and it’s the government’s duty to defend it: Foreign Minister and PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi in National Assembly
– There should also be a discussion on the issue of “international conspiracy” today: Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser
– I hope you (Speaker) will carry out today’s proceedings of the House as per the Supreme Court order. I urge you to stand for the Constitution and law. You must catch this moment with your conviction: Shahbaz Sharif, Leader of Opposition in Pakistan National Assembly
– Foreign Minister and PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi present in the National Assembly
– Pakistan National Assembly meets in Islamabad to vote on no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan
– Voting on no-trust motion can shift to next week, Federal Minister for Information and Law Fawad Chaudhry, reports Pakistan’s Geo News
– Security deployed outside the Pakistan National Assembly in Islamabad on the day of no-confidence vote against PM Imran Khan
#WATCH Security deployed outside the Pakistan National Assembly in Islamabad on the day of no-confidence vote against PM Imran Khan pic.twitter.com/3teEKzMFpX
— ANI (@ANI)
April 9, 2022
– Pakistan’s National Assembly meets today to vote on no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan
– Members of the National Assembly have started to arrive at Parliament House ahead of the no-trust vote following the Supreme Court order: Pak media
– Ahead of the no-trust vote today, Imran Khan on Friday said that the US official had warned the Pakistan diplomat that “if he (Imran Khan) saves himself from the no-confidence motion, then Pakistan will have to face severe consequences”.
– “There is open horse-trading, politicians are being sold, they are being held in hotels like cattle, they are being auctioned. Pakistan’s democracy has become a joke. What kind of democracy is this and what kind of democracy permits this? The Supreme Court should at least should have taken a suo moto cognizance,” he said.
– In a setback to the Imran Khan government, the Pakistan Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the ruling of the Deputy Speaker which rejected the no-confidence motion brought bt opposition parties and restored the National Assembly.
– The court gave directions for holding the sitting of the National Assembly “not later than 10:30 am on April 9” for the no-trust vote. The court set aside all the subsequent steps taken after the rejection of the no-confidence vote.
– It also declared that the Prime Minister and federal ministers, ministers of state, and advisers stand restored to their respective offices as of April 3. The top court further ruled that the National Assembly session on the no-confidence motion must be convened by Saturday morning and must not be adjourned until a vote on the motion
– The opposition appeared to have the numbers for the no-confidence motion with some allies of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) deciding to part ways. Several members of PTI had also turned rebels.
– The Pakistani National Assembly has a total strength of 342 members, with the majority mark being 172. The PTI led coalition was formed with the support of 179 members, with Imran Khan’s PTI having 155 members, and four major allies MQM-P, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) having seven, five, five and three members respectively.
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