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law MiNiSter SeekS Speaker’S ruliNg oN ‘foreigN coNSpiracy’ of regiMe chaNge uNDer article 5(1)
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atioNal assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim khan Suri on Sunday dismissed the no-trust move against prime Minister imran khan, terming it in violation of article 5 of the constitution. taking the floor shortly after the Na session began, law Minister fawad chaudhry said that loyalty to the state was the basic duty of every citizen under article 5(1). he reiterated the premier’s earlier claims that a foreign conspiracy was behind the move to
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oust the government. “on March 7, our official ambassador was invited to a meeting attended by the representatives of other countries. the meeting was told that a motion against pM imran was being presented,” he said, noting that this occurred a day before the opposition formally filed the notrust move. “we were told that relations with pakistan were dependent on the success of the no-confidence motion. we were told that if the motion fails, then pakistan’s path would be very difficult. this is an operation for a regime change by a foreign
government,” he alleged. the minister questioned how this could be allowed and called on the deputy speaker to decide the constitutionality of the no-trust move. Suri noted that the motion was presented on March 8 and should be according to the law and the constitution. “No foreign power shall be allowed to topple an elected government through a conspiracy,” he said, adding that the points raised by the minister were “valid”. he dismissed the motion, ruling that it was “contradictory” to the law, the constitution and the rules. the session was later prorogued. Suri chaired today’s session after opposition parties filed a no-confidence motion against Speaker asad Qaiser. after the ruling, the chair prorogued the session amid loud sloganeering from the treasury benches. this sudden move left the opposition leadership and lawmakers stunned and they remain seated surprised while the pti lawmakers stood up from their seats and started raising slogans against alleged american plot to remove pM khan under the ‘conspiracy’.
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Supreme Court takes suo motu notice of political situation ISLAMABAD staff report
the chief justice has taken suo motu notice of the political situation following the dismissal of a no-confidence motion against the prime minister by Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri and the subsequent dissolution of the National assembly by president arif alvi. the development came after the president set the stage for early elections after the prime minister sidestepped the no-confidence move earlier in the day. imran khan asked president alvi to dissolve the National assembly, or law-making lower house of par-
liament, accusing his political opposition of working with the united States to overthrow his government. the constitution calls for the establishment of an interim government to see the country toward elections, which are to be held within 90 days. according to the constitution, the interim government is to be established with input from the opposition. Justice umar ata Bandial reached the court following the demand of the opposition to review the “unconstitutional” ruling, a spokesperson of the Supreme court said. according to reports, the judicial staff has also started arriving at the Supreme court.