On Sunday, the Pakistani parliament rejected the motion of no-confidence against Prime Minister Imran Khan, and annulled the vote of no-confidence in him. Deputy Parliament Speaker Asad Qaiser stated that “the withdrawal of confidence from Prime Minister Imran Khan is unconstitutional,” while Imran Khan announced the dissolution of the government. Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath correspondent reported that the Pakistani president agreed to the prime minister’s request to dissolve parliament, in preparation for early elections.
The Pakistani Minister of Information said that Imran Khan will continue to perform his duties after the decision to dissolve the government, stressing that early parliamentary elections will be held within 90 days.
Before that, dozens of people took to the streets of Karachi, the second largest city in Pakistan, at the invitation of Prime Minister Imran Khan, in anticipation of a session of the Pakistani Parliament, which was held today, to vote on a proposal to overthrow the prime minister’s government.
The united opposition submitted a motion of no-confidence against Khan in a parliamentary session, and if the opposition remains united, it is expected that Khan will not get the votes needed to survive the vote of no-confidence, which amounts to 172 votes.
Pakistani opposition MPs on their way to parliament
And the agency “Archyde.com” reported that police and paramilitary forces deployed extensively in the streets of the capital, Islamabad.
ودعا عمران خان His supporters took to the streets, ahead of the parliament’s vote of no-confidence, to peacefully protest what he described as a “plot” plotted outside Pakistan to oust him, hinting at the possibility of rejecting the outcome of the vote.
The Pakistani prime minister questioned the credibility of the no-confidence vote against him, again accusing him of a foreign conspiracy to oust him.
“I want you all to demonstrate for an independent and free Pakistan,” he added during a program broadcast on public television, during which he answered questions from viewers received by phone.
He also stressed that the United States is blatantly interfering in his country’s affairs, pointing out that the attempt to isolate him is an attempt to change the regime in Pakistan with American support.
For its part, Pakistani intelligence warned of sabotage and targeting of the opposition after Imran Khan called his supporters to demonstrate.
Khan during his visit to Moscow in February 2022 (AFP)
accusations of meddling by Washington
Earlier this week, Imran Khan accused the United States of interfering in Pakistan’s affairs, and local media reported that he had received a briefing letter from Islamabad’s ambassador in Washington in which he told him that a senior US official had told him that they felt that relations would be better if he left the position of prime minister. .
He also accused the opposition of conspiring with Washington to isolate him because he is not aligned with the West against Russia and China. He described his opponents as “thieves, cowards and deceivers.”
Khan, now in his fourth year in office, lost the support needed to survive the no-confidence vote after several lawmakers from his party and allied groups turned to the opposition.
It is noteworthy that the White House denied allegations that the United States was involved in the attempts to isolate the Pakistani Prime Minister, according to the Director of Communications at the White House, Kate Bedingfield.