Qasim Khan Suri, Deputy Speaker of the Pakistan National Assembly (NA), on Sunday dismissed the no-trust move against Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying that it was against Article 5 of the Constitution, Dawn reported.
Suri chaired Sunday’s session after opposition parties, in a surprise move, filed a no-confidence motion against Speaker Asad Qaiser.
Opposition lawmakers earlier appeared confident of the success of the no-trust move as they made their way to Parliament House.
The opposition needs the support of at least 172 lawmakers from a total of 342 to oust the premier through the no-trust move.
As the situation stands now, opposition parties have managed to cross the magical figure of 172 and enjoy the support of 174 members in the NA, according to a list shared by PML-N’s Marriyum Aurangzeb on Sunday.
The number does not include over a dozen dissidents of the ruling PTI, who have already publicly declared the withdrawal of their support to the prime minister.
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Prior to Sunday’s session of the NA, the opposition also submitted a no-confidence motion against Speaker Asad Qaiser.
The resolution, addressed to the secretary of the NA Secretariat, was submitted by Murtaza Javed Abbasi of the PML-N.
The resolution carried the signatures of more than a hundred lawmakers.
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who shared an image of the resolution on Twitter, tagged the official handles of Khan and Qaiser, with a simple “surprise”.
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