The opposition got 174 votes in the 342-member National Assembly; Mr Khan is the first Prime Minister of Pakistan to be voted on through a no-confidence motion
The opposition got 174 votes in the 342-member National Assembly; Mr Khan is the first Prime Minister of Pakistan to be voted on through a no-confidence motion
prime minister of pakistan Imran Khan was removed from the post Through a no-confidence vote in the early hours of April 10 after a day of high drama, he became the first prime minister in the country’s history to be deported after losing the confidence of the House.
The United Opposition – a rainbow of socialist, liberal and fundamentally religious parties – won the support of 174 members in the 342-member National Assembly, more than the required strength of 172 members. kick out the prime minister Drama-filled days and multiple adjournments of the Lower House.
No prime minister in the history of Pakistan has ever been ousted through a no-confidence motion. Mr Khan is the first prime minister whose fate was decided by a trust vote. Prior to this, two separate no-confidence motions against former premier Benazir Bhutto in 1989 and Shaukat Aziz in 2006 respectively failed.
also no Pakistani Prime Minister Have ever completed a full five-year term in office.
Security personnel walk past the Parliament House in Islamabad on April 9, 2022 Photo Credit: AFP
Mr Khan, 69, was not present in the lower house at the time of voting. MPs from his party staged a walkout during the voting. However, disgruntled members of PTI were present in the House and were sitting on government benches.
The removal of Mr Khan has expedited the process of electing a new leader of the House.
The joint opposition has already named Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shahbaz Sharif as the joint candidate. He can be elected prime minister by Sunday.
Mr Sharif vowed that “the new government would not engage in vendetta politics”.
“I don’t want to go back to the bitterness of the past. We want to forget them and move on. We will not take revenge or do injustice; we will not send people to jail for no reason, law and justice will take its course.”
Following Mr. Sharif, Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari entered the House and congratulated the House for passing a no-confidence motion against a prime minister for the first time in history.
The opposition had filed a no-confidence motion on March 8, setting off a set of events on polling day and escalating tensions. Mr Khan urges he is being targeted as part of a “foreign conspiracy” In collaboration with top opposition leaders.
Mr Khan, who came to power in 2018 with a promise to create a ‘Naya Pakistan’, was troubled by claims of economic mismanagement as his government struggled with depleting foreign exchange reserves and double-digit inflation.
He also apparently lost the backing of the mighty military after refusing to support the appointment of the head of the ISI spy agency last year. He eventually agreed, but it soured his ties with the powerful military, which has ruled the coup-prone country for more than half of its 75 years of existence, and has so far ruled on matters of security and foreign policy. Used a lot of power.
Mr Khan wanted to keep Lt Gen Faiz Hameed as spy chief but the army high command transferred him by appointing a corps commander in Peshawar.
Some coalition partners decided to part ways, while many dissidents openly disregarded their authority, with Prime Minister Khan losing a majority last month.
A special session was convened in the light of the Supreme Court’s decision, which on April 7 declared unconstitutional by the deputy speaker, to dismiss the no-confidence motion against Mr Khan.
There were many twists and turns during 9 April, which began with a meeting of the National Assembly at 10:30 am, but was adjourned half an hour later to 12:30 pm, taking it to around 3:00 pm. Called again and it was announced that voting would be held at 8:00
But again the proceedings were adjourned twice – the last time at 8:00 pm to resume proceedings at 9:30 pm, but the reorganization of the NA was delayed because the prime minister called an emergency cabinet meeting and the chairman Asad Kaiser held meetings with various Officer.
Finally, it started at 11:45 and Speaker Asad Qaiser announces his resignation Because it was not possible for him to proceed. He also nominated Ayaz Sadiq of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz to preside over the session, who immediately began the voting process.
Voting began just before the change of day but Ayaz Sadiq had to adjourn proceedings for 2 minutes to resume after the date change.
Another twist in the political drama Prime Minister Mr. Khan called a cabinet meeting at the PM House. He got approval to share the “conspiracy sheet” with the Speaker, the President of the Senate and the Chief Justice.
Mr. Kaiser reached PM House twice to meet Mr. Khan and resigned after coming back after meeting him for the second time.
Mr Khan also met with a team of his favorite journalists who are known to defend him on talk-shows, and rubbished rumors of any change in the army’s leadership. He told them not to resign and “will fight till the last ball”.
He also told the media persons that he was not interfering in the process of implementation of the Supreme Court’s orders of moving the no-confidence motion.
As the process of voting was getting delayed, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court became proactive and he reached the court along with fellow judges to take cognizance of any violation of the April 7 order.
Similarly the Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court ordered his staff to open the court so that it could proceed accordingly on any issue, if required.
geo news Said that Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa along with ISI Chief Nadeem Ahmed Anjum met Mr Khan.