Bbreaking News: Imran Khan is no longer Prime Minister, regular notification issued

Following the approval of the President to dissolve the National Assembly, a formal notification of resignation of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ...

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Following the approval of the President to dissolve the National Assembly, a formal notification of resignation of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan from the Prime Minister Office was issued.

 

The notification said that Imran Khan is no longer the Prime Minister; file / photo: MAK NEWS-21

A notification issued by the Cabinet Division said that "as a result of the dissolution of the National Assembly by Articles 58 and 48 of the Constitution by the President, Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi will resign from the post of Prime Minister."

 

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The notification states that "this will be implemented immediately."

The Cabinet Division also issued notification of resignation of four advisors to the Prime Minister.

According to the notification, Abdul Razzaq Dawood, Zaheeruddin Babar Awan, Mohammad Ayub Afridi and Brigadier (retd) Mohammad Musaddiq Abbasi are among the sacked advisers.

The notification will be applied immediately.

It may be recalled that before the vote of no-confidence motion moved by the opposition against the Prime Minister in the National Assembly today, Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri had rejected the resolution while giving a rolling motion.

After the rolling of the Deputy Speaker, Prime Minister Imran Khan had proposed to the President to dissolve the National Assembly.

In a short address to the nation, he had announced that the proposal to dissolve the Assembly had been sent to the President.

Imran Khan said that our speaker has rejected the conspiracy to change the government. It was a foreign agenda and I would like to congratulate the whole nation on its rejection.

He had said that after the decision taken by the Speaker using his powers, I have sent a proposal to the President to dissolve the Assemblies. We should go to the people in a democratic manner and the people should decide who they want.

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"I tell my people to prepare for the elections, you have to decide the country, they will see what happens after the assemblies are dissolved," he said.

The President approved the proposal of the Prime Minister to dissolve the National Assembly under Articles 58 (1) and 48 (1) of the Constitution.

After addressing the nation, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry had said in a statement on Twitter that the Prime Minister would continue his responsibilities under Article 224 of the Constitution. The cabinet has been dissolved.

On the other hand, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib had confirmed in a tweet that the Assembly had been dissolved.

He said that Pakistanis abroad have got the right to vote from the parliament. Traitors cannot take back the right to vote from Pakistanis abroad now.

Farrukh Habib had said in another tweet that elections would be held in the next 90 days.

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On the other hand, the Supreme Court had taken notice of the political situation arising out of the rolling of the Deputy Speaker, where a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Omar Atabandial heard the case.

The Chief Justice remarked that all orders of the Prime Minister and the President would be subject to the final decision of the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court restrained state officials from taking any extra-constitutional action and said that political parties should remain peaceful and no extra-constitutional action should be taken.