Pakistan National Assembly News
Imran Khan is seeking to overturn that conviction, which has barred him from contesting elections for five years.
On August 9, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will send formal advice to the President for the dissolution of the National Assembly
Pakistan National Assembly took the decision after an incident of misbehaviour with lawmakers by some unauthorised YouTuber/social media influencers.
According to experts, Khan, who was ousted from power on April 10 after the National Assembly passed a no-confidence motion against him, had apparently lost the support of the Army after he refused to endorse the appointment of the ISI spy agency chief last year.
Sharif was elected as the new PM on Monday
He vowed to tackle an economic malaise in Pakistan
Shehbaz Sharif is the joint opposition candidate for Pakistan PM.
Imran Khan was ousted as Pakistan PM through no-trust motion.
New Pakistan PM will be elected on Monday.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan lost the no-confidence motion against him after 174 members of the Pakistan National Assembly voted in favour of the motion in the 342-member House.
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister on Saturday raised the issue of the accidental misfire of a missile from India into Pakistan in early March.
He said that it could have escalated into a full-fledged war between the two countries.
He was speaking after the House resumed its proceedings on the no-confidence motion.
No Pakistan PM could complete the full five-year term so far
A joint no-confidence motion was introduced against Khan
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan addressed the nation on Friday a day ahead of the crucial no-trust motion against him.
For Pakistan National Assembly, which has notably never seen a prime minister complete the full 5-year-tenure, this is not going to be the first no-confidence motion against an elected leader.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled that the dismissal of no-trust motion against Imran Khan was ‘unconstitutional’.
The top court had taken a suo moto cognizance of the current political situation in the country.
Election Commission of Pakistan said that general elections are not possible before October.
It said that it needed seven months to ensure "free, fair, and transparent polls" in the country.
Earlier, it had said that it was prepared to hold general elections within three months.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan will pronounce its verdict on Prime Minister Imran Khan case at 8 PM.
It will give its ruling on the case constitutionality of rejection of the no-confidence motion by the National Assembly Deputy Speaker.
The Deputy Speaker had said that it's against the Constitution and the rules of Pakistan.
The SC had taken a suo moto cognizance of the political crisis in the country
Khan is to continue as prime minister until a caretaker PM is appointed
The no-confidence motion against Imran Khan was quashed in parliament
Khan will continue as Prime Minister till the appointment of a caretaker PM
Imran Khan's actions have created huge uncertainty in Islamabad, with constitutional experts debating their legality.
Pakistan`s political crisis is unlikely to be a priority for President Joe Biden, who is grappling with the war in Ukraine.
Now that the Taliban are back in power and facing an economic and humanitarian crisis due to a lack of money and international isolation, Qatar is arguably their most important foreign partner.
Bilawal said that Imran Khan`s advice to the President to dissolve the National Assembly is a violation of the Constitution.
He also lashed at Imran Khan and advised him to stop behaving like a child.
Earlier, National Assembly Deputy Speaker Sadiq Sanjrani adjourned the Sunday sitting of the House.
Imran Khan has survived a move to oust him as Pakistan's prime minister.
Deputy speaker of parliament has blocked a no-confidence motion against Khan and has called it 'unconstitutional'.
Cricketer-turned-politician has now advised Pakistan's president to dissolve parliament.
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