BIG NEWS: No-confidence motion against PM, unconstitutional, resolution rejected

The no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan was rejected as unconstitutional.   - Photo: MAK NEWS-21 A meeting of the Nationa...

The no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan was rejected as unconstitutional.

 

- Photo: MAK NEWS-21

A meeting of the National Assembly was convened this morning at 11:30 am which started with some delay under the chairmanship of Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri at around 12:05 pm.

At the beginning of the meeting, Law Minister Fawad Chaudhry termed the resolution as an attempt by a foreigner to change the government in Pakistan.

In his address to the National Assembly, Fawad Chaudhry said that the no-confidence motion is tabled under Article 95 of the Constitution but Article 5 of the Constitution is one according to which loyalty to the country is the responsibility of every citizen.

 

What is Article 5?

i) Loyalty to the state is the basic duty of every citizen.

ii) Obedience to the constitution and law is the duty of every citizen wherever he is and every person who is currently in Pakistan.

Fawad Chaudhry said that on March 7, one of our ambassadors is summoned to a government meeting and he attends the meeting. In this meeting, ambassadors of other countries are also present. In the meeting, our ambassador is informed that Tehreek-e-Adam Being offered

"The no-confidence motion was tabled on March 8. Our ambassador is told that the country relations with Pakistan depend on the success of this movement. If the trust is successful, you should be forgiven," he said. If it does and fails, your next path will be dangerous.

Rolling speaker

Immediately after Fawad Chaudhry objection, the Deputy Speaker addressing the members of the National Assembly said that the opposition had tabled a no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister of Pakistan on March 8, 2022. It is necessary.

He said that no foreign power has the right to overthrow the elected government of Pakistan under conspiracy. The points raised by the Law Minister are correct. It is against freedom and against the rules and regulations I give the ruling to reject this resolution.

He said that using the powers conferred on him under Article 54 (3) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, he dismissed the meeting convened on Friday, March 25, 2022.

At the same time, he adjourned the sitting of the lower house indefinitely.

Members of the Assembly have begun arriving to attend the meeting. Photo: Reuters

Earlier, Maryam Aurangzeb in a tweet presented the figures of the 174 members of the Assembly who are supporting the opposition in the no-confidence motion.

Opposition parties also expressed anger over the proceedings of the National Assembly and decided to continue their sittings in the House on their own. Ayaz Sadiq of PML-N took the seat of Speaker.

According to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Sherry Rehman, the opposition parties held their session in the National Assembly where 195 members were present in favor of the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan.

 

Opposition lacks confidence in PM

The opposition had filed a no-confidence motion against the prime minister on March 8 last month and was also given a recusal of the assembly session.

 

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Under the constitution, the Speaker is required to convene a meeting of the Assembly within 14 days of the submission of the recusal motion and the no-confidence motion must be voted on at least 3 days after and 7 days before it is tabled in Parliament. The meeting was to be convened by.

The opposition filed a no-confidence motion on March 8, Photo: MAKNEWS-21

However, due to the convening of the 48th meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the renovation work was underway in the lower house hall.

Therefore, the Speaker issued a notification on March 21 and called a meeting on March 25, which was adjourned immediately after the Fateha for the deceased National Assembly member Khayal Zaman and others.

After which, on March 28, the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif with the support of 161 members had tabled a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Deviant members and Sindh House

Earlier, even before the motion was tabled, some members of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) went to the opposition camp. Came.

After hearing this news, PTI members stormed Sindh House Islamabad and broke through the main gate.

PTI workers broke the main door of Sindh House and entered, Photo: MAK NEWS-21

The situation has changed dramatically since the deviant members were exposed, and the government camp has been shaken. Deviant members have been given stern warnings to vote in favor of the opposition, and formal show cause notices have been issued. ۔

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However, the government's courage was shattered when the coalition party PML-Q announced its support to the government in the no-confidence motion, in return for which Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi was promised to be the Chief Minister of Punjab in place of Usman Bazdar. The task of supporting the angry members was given.

Following this development, a no-confidence motion was filed against the Punjab Chief Minister Usman Bazdar by the opposition in Punjab on March 28. However, the Chief Minister tendered his resignation to Prime Minister Imran Khan on the same day. Server approved.

Allies part ways

In case of deviating from the party policy, pressure was exerted on the disenfranchised members for lifelong disqualification and for this purpose a reference was filed in the Supreme Court for interpretation of Article 63A of the Constitution.

However, the second major setback came when the opposition managed to persuade the Ittehad Center and the PTI's ally in Balochistan, the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), and four of its five assembly members voted against the no-confidence motion. Promised to vote against the Prime Minister.

At the same time, the government efforts to persuade another ally, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Pakistan, intensified and delegations from the ruling party met with the allies several times.

However, here too the efforts of the government were in vain and MQM Pakistan also joined the opposition camp after which the PTI was clearly transformed from a majority in the House to a minority.

PM's 'surprise'

However, a move by the Prime Minister on March 27 gave a completely different color to the no-confidence motion when he addressed a rally titled 'Amr Bal Ma'roof' and waved a piece of paper claiming that it would bring down his government. Is a written threat.

There were various speculations after the letter came to light, so the government agreed to present the letter to the Chief Justice of Pakistan.

However, the next day, while changing his decision, the alleged threatening letter was briefed to cabinet members as well as media persons.

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Separately, it came to light that the letter was actually a diplomatic cable sent by the then Pakistani Ambassador to the United States, Asad Majeed, on the basis of a meeting with Donald Low, the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs.

A senior Pakistani official told Dawn that the language used by the United States in the meeting was unusually harsh.

Interestingly, there were no signs of a breakdown or new tension in US-Pakistan relations until Imran Khan came out with a threatening message.

A meeting of the National Security Committee chaired by the Prime Minister was held on the said situation in which important Federal Ministers, National Security Advisor, Chiefs of Armed Forces participated.

A statement issued after the meeting, without naming any country, said that the National Security Adviser briefed the committee on the official contacts and communications of a high-ranking foreign official with Pakistan's ambassador to a foreign country. The Foreign Ministry ambassador for communications and communications was formally briefed.

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According to the statement, the National Security Committee had expressed grave concern over the letter and termed the language used by the foreign official as non-diplomatic.

According to the statement, the NSC had concluded at the briefing that the letter was tantamount to open interference in Pakistan internal affairs by the said country which was unacceptable.

Later, the Foreign Office issued an official letter through diplomatic channels in accordance with the decision taken at the meeting of the National Security Committee and no country was named in the statement issued in this regard.

However, in his address to the nation, the Prime Minister mentioned the United States as the country behind the letter, but then said that it was another country and not the United States.

On which the US State Department had said that the allegations of US involvement in the no-confidence motion against his government by Prime Minister Imran Khan are mere allegations which have no truth.