Pakistan's top law officers resign after Imran Khan's ouster
Islamabad, April 10: After former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's loss in the no-trust vote in National Assembly, Attorney General (AG) Khalid Jawed Khan and Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Raja Khalid Mehmood Khan announced their resignation on Sunday.
"I have served as the Attorney General for Pakistan since February 2020. For this honour and privilege, I remain profoundly grateful to Prime Minister Imran Khan," Khalid Jawed Khan was quoted as saying by The Tribune Express. "I have tried to serve the country to the best of my ability and conscience. I now deem it appropriate to tender my resignation," he added.
Meanwhile, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Raja stated that the Constitution has been violated and he could no longer defend the government.
He further added that the no-confidence motion was dealt with in an unconstitutional manner which led to the constitutional crisis in-country.
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Earlier, before the beginning of voting on no-confidence, Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser and Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri also tendered their resignations.
The vote finally took place in the National Assembly past midnight with 174 members voting in favour of the motion in the 342-member House. During the vote, members of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) remained absent from the assembly.
Now, the National Assembly will vote on April 11 to elect a new Prime Minister of the country.
The Dawn newspaper while citing the presiding officer of the National Assembly, Ayaz Sadiq reported that the nomination papers for the new prime minister may be submitted by 2 pm on Sunday and scrutiny would be done by 3 pm. Sadiq summoned the session on Monday at 11 am and stated that the new premier would be elected then.
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-PTC News
