In a surprise mo🐭ve, Pakistan's embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday that he has advised President Arif Alvi to dissolve the National Assembly and call for fresh ele⭕ctions.
In a brief address to the nation, Khan said he has advised President Alvi to🦩 dissolve assemblies.
His announcement came minutes after National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Sur dismissed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Khan, terming it a contradiction of Article𒐪 5 of the Constitution.
Suri chaired the cruciꦛal session after opposition parties filed a no-confidence motion against Speaker Asad Qaiser.
Opposition lawmakers, who earlier appeared confid🃏ent of the success of the no-trust move as they made their way to Parliament House, protested against the decision.
The Opposition parties need 172 members of the 342-member National Assembly to orchestrate the defeat of Khan and already they have claimed the support of 177 memb☂ers, mor🔥e than the needed strength to oust the prime minister.
Khan, who came to power in 2018 with promises to create a ‘Naya Pakistan’, is at a critical junctur✅e of his political career as he has lost majority after defection from his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. Two of his allied parties also withdrew their su🎀pport and joined the ranks of the rejuvenated Opposition.
