Pakistan: Imran Khan summons cabinet meeting amid threat of no-confidence vote
Islamabad (Pakistan), April 9: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has called an emergency cabinet meeting on Saturday as the threat of no-confidence vote looms.
The Pakistan PM has summoned a special meeting of the federal cabinet tonight at 9 pm. According to Geo News, in the Imran Khan-chaired meeting, important decisions are to be taken.
On Saturday, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, while addressing the Pakistan National Assembly, stated that sabotaging the no-trust motion would imply contempt of court.
Speaking in the National Assembly, Bilawal added that if voting does not take place it will be a violation of the constitution and reiterated that the court has bound the speaker to not sabotage the no-trust vote.
Bilawal further said that if any conspiracy was being hatched against Pakistan before March 7, then it should have been aroused at that time. "Imran Khan came up with the idea of this conspiracy only when he lost the majority. Imran Khan is still not present in the House and cannot defend himself," Bilawal continued.
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The Chairman of PPP also slammed PM Imran Khan for "running away from transparent elections".
The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), on the other hand, on Saturday filed a review petition against the Supreme Court's verdict setting aside the National Assembly Deputy Speaker's rejection of the no-trust motion against Imran Khan, as per the local media.
The petition, filed against the April 7, 2022 verdict by the Supreme court, seeks a review of the ruling given by the five-member bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, reported ARY News.
The development came after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan finalised his consultations with legal experts over the matter, the report added.
The government will plead for suspension of the verdict and for the National Assembly to be allowed to function according to the rules, reported a media outlet.
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's decision, Imran Khan held meetings with senior party officials and legal experts ahead of the vote on the no-confidence motion in the National Assembly. He also spoke with National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on the telephone about the strategy for voting on the no-trust vote.
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