In a major development, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senator Faisal Javed Khan has announced that Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will be making an important announcement on Friday evening.
This came after PM Khan had earlier said about addressing the nation on Friday.
Taking to Twitter, the PTI senator conceded that the Prime Minister is facing challenges in the wake of the no-confidence motion further that the opposition has been mistaken in thinking that they have won but they haven’t.
The announcement came just a day after Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled that the rejection of the no-confidence motion by the deputy speaker in the National Assembly was “unconstitutional”. The judgement given by a five-judge bench of the Pakistan Supreme Court also ordered the reinstatement of the National Assembly and further declared the order of fresh elections as “null and void”.
In addition to this, the court also ruled that the next National Assembly session on the no-confidence motion moved by the opposition will be held on April 9 stating that it not must be adjourned until a vote is given on it.
Meanwhile, following the court’s decision, Prime Minister Imran Khan had called for a cabinet meeting on Friday and also said he plans to address the nation in concern about the same. Notably, if Imran Khan loses in the voting of the no-confidence motion, he will become the first prime minister of Pakistan to be removed through the process. Earlier, two other Prime Ministers against whom such a motion was passed resigned before the voting.
Voting on ‘no-confidence’ motion dismissed in Pakistan National Assembly
Earlier this Sunday, Pakistan National Assembly deputy speaker Qasim Khan Suri, on the behest of Speaker Asad Qaiser dismissed the no-confidence motion against PM Imran Khan amid massive opposition, further calling it “unconstitutional”. Citing reasons for disallowing the Opposition’s demands to remove Khan, the speaker further said that the no-trust motion is against the Constitution of Pakistan and is corrupted by elements of foreign entities. (Republic Network)
