As the counting process began in the National Assembly, 161 members of the National Assembly stood up and approved a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Islamabad
(Urdupoint News advertisment Latest - International Press Agency. March 28, 2022) A no-confidence motion has been moved in the National Assembly of Pakistan against Prime Minister Imran Khan, however, for further discussion, the National Assembly adjourned till March 31. When the counting process started in the National Assembly, 161 members of the National Assembly stood up and approved the motion of no-confidence against the Prime Minister Imran Khan, after which the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly asked the Leader of the Opposition Shahbaz Sharif Submit.
However, after the presentation of the resolution by Shahbaz Sharif, the Deputy Speaker National Assembly adjourned the National Assembly session till Thursday, March 31 for further discussion. Postponed after. Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif, while presenting the motion, said that he was presenting a no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister under sub-section 4 of Rules and Procedure and Conduct of Business 2007 of the National Assembly. After the vote of confidence, the members were counted where the ruling coalition and deviant members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were not present in the house.
The motion of no-confidence in the National Assembly was passed with the support of 161 members of the opposition. The motion of no-confidence was passed with the support of 161 members. He said that this House has no confidence in Prime Minister Imran Khan Niazi in the resolution under sub-article one of Article 95 of the Constitution of Pakistan. Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri adjourned the sitting of National Assembly till 4 pm on March 31 (Thursday).
Earlier, when the National Assembly began its session, Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Babar Awan moved a motion with the permission of the Deputy Speaker, which was approved. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) National Assembly Member Zain Hussain Qureshi introduced the resolution of 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill 2022 (South Punjab Province).
Leader of the Opposition Shahbaz Sharif objected to the Deputy Speaker saying that the atom he had just allowed to be tabled in the House was inappropriate as no-confidence motion had already been tabled in the House. It included a no-confidence motion tabled by the opposition and a constitutional amendment bill proposed by the government to establish South Punjab province.
Earlier, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed had said in a news conference on Sunday that if the Speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser allowed the no-confidence motion to be tabled on Monday, then voting on it would take place on April 4. Opposition parties have stated they will not run in the by-elections, but the opposition parties are planning to hold a full-scale protest inside and outside the National Assembly.
The number of government members in the 342-member lower house of parliament has been reduced to 178 after the decision of Jamhoori Watan Party's Shah Zain Bugti to secede from the ruling coalition, while the opposition now has the support of 163 MNS. The PML-Q, Balochistan Awami Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan, the three major governing coalition with 17 members in the National Assembly, have not yet decided which side they are on. Are negotiating.
In addition, more than a dozen deviant MNAs of the PTI have already come out openly with their criticism of government policies, indicating that they are at the expense of being disqualified as members of the National Assembly. Can also support the opposition no-confidence motion. The speaker convened a meeting of the opposition on Friday, three days after the expiration of the constitutionally mandatory 14-day term, and according to parliamentary tradition, after the funeral prayers for the late PTI MNA Khayal Zaman from Hangu. It was adjourned till Monday, while the opposition's no-confidence motion was not tabled.
