PM asked to face no-trust vote

PML-N senator says Imran is aware he has lost parliament’s confidence

LAHORE:

Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz (PML-N) Senator Azam Nazir Tarar suggested on Tuesday that Prime Minister Imran Khan faces the notrust motion rather than hiding behind legalities. In conversation with The Express Tribune, Senator Tarar said that the cards are on the table and defeat is visible for the treasury benches.

“It would be appropriate for PM Imran to face the motion rather than employing tactics and designing plots to hinder it,” the PML-N leader stated. “PM Imran is fully aware that he has lost the confidence of the parliament, which is why he is hell bent on complicating the issue by creating legal barriers,” the senator added. Lamenting on the National Assembly’s proceedings, Tarar said that the speaker of the National Assembly is rendering a partial role, against the norms of the Constitution.

“We are not going to do anything special,” the senator claimed, adding that the prime minister has stated before that he would isolate himself from the premier’s position if he were to lose the confidence of the parliament. “The time has come and he should face the reality,” Senator Tarar said.

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In light of the no-confidence vote, Tarar, while briefing the media about court proceedings on March 21, had said that the AGP has assured the top court that no MNA would be stopped from attending the assembly session as opposed to the government’s earlier announcement that one million people would be gathered outside the parliament and the lawmakers would have to face them when they go in and come out of the house.

Tarar said, the reference seeking interpretation of Article 63-A was important for the futuristic point of view and no party would seek stay in the case. He added that the court observed that the rules of the assembly and the Constitution were clear and the speaker will not do anything going against the law and the Constitution, which is why the court has kept the SCBA’s petition in this regard pending.