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LIVE: National Assembly session gets underway for vote on no-trust motion
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly session to vote on no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan has begun as opposition and treasury lawmakers had reached the Parliament, ARY NEWS reported.
The opposition lawmakers reached Parliament from Parliamentary Lodges on foot and gathered at the room of Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif to attend a parliamentary meeting ahead of the vote.
Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, co-Chairman Asif Zardari, and other other top leaders of the opposition have also reached the Parliament House.
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Opposition submits no trust move against NA Speaker Asad QaiserThe joint opposition has submitted a no-confidence motion against National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, on the day of vote on a no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan.
After submission of a no-confidence motion against speaker Asad Qaiser, the National Assembly session will now be chaired by Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri.
PTI strategy for no trust movePakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has changed its strategy to deal with no-trust move as Prime Minister Imran Khan and all party MNAs will now be attending the National Assembly proceedings tomorrow.
Previously, it was decided that MNAs from treasury benches will remain absent on the voting day of a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan.
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The opposition is also claiming to have numbers more than the magic number of 172 MNAs after it was backed by Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and as many as 22 estranged members of the PTI.