No-confidence vote: Is Imran Khan using delaying tactics?
No-confidence vote: Is Imran Khan using delaying tactics?
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Sooner or later, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will face a movement without trust in the Assembly, while the Supreme Court of Pakistan now examines the problem of disqualification of parliamentarians for defection. The five members, led by the Chairman of the Pakistan Judge Umar Ata, will hear the reference of the president who seeks the opinion of the court above about Article 63-a constitution, which is related to the disqualification of parliament. The government’s approach to the Supreme Court was seen as Imran Khan delayed the movement of not confidence.
Here are the top updates on the power struggle in Pakistan:
- The no-confidence motion against Imran Khan is likely to be brought on March 25. The no-confidence motion was submitted in the assembly on March 8.
- Pakistan Democratic Movement on Tuesday claimed Imran Khan’s allies are not standing with him. “They (MQM-P) will announce that they are with us in a day or two […] after meeting the MQM-P leadership, I am completely satisfied that the no-confidence motion will be successful,” PDM president Maulana Fazlur Rehman said.
- The opposition is preparing for the long march against Imran Khan. The PML-N convoy will depart from Karachi on Wednesday and will start for Islamabad on March 24.
- Imran Khan has moved the Supreme Court for its opinion on the defection. The government has submitted two interpretations of Article 63-A and has requested the court to advise which they should follow. This may buy some time for Imran Khan.
- According to the first interpretation, dishonesty by way of defections warrants no pre-emptive action save de-seating the member.
6. The second interpretation has a provision for punishing defectors by lifelong disqualification from the assembly. As long as the Supreme Court does not give a direction in this regard, the no-trust motion may hang in a balance as the lawmakers who have defected from Imran Khan’s party ahead of the no-trust vote may not take the risk of lifelong disqualification.
