Wednesday, 23 March 2022

No-trust vote against Imran Khan will follow Constitution rules: Speaker

 Over the no-trust motion against Pakistan PM Imran Khan, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser said that he would run the assembly’s proceedings in accordance with the Constitution.

After opposition parties levelled allegations against Pakistan’s National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser for siding with Prime Minister Imran Khan over the no-trust motion, Qaiser in his defence said that he would run the assembly’s proceedings in accordance with the Constitution. /Taking to Twitter, Qaiser wrote: “I, as the custodian of the National Assembly of Pakistan, will fulfil my constitutional obligations and will proceed in accordance with Article 95 of the Constitution and rule 37 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly, 2007,” reported Geo TV.

In conversation with media in Islamabad, the speaker had said, “I will follow the law; I am still in consultation with the NA secretariat about summoning the session and it will be called in line with the constitution.” Pakistan Opposition leaders on Monday slammed the National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser for “violating” the Constitution for delaying in conducting voting on no-confidence against Prime Minister Imran Khan.

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