PESHAWAR: Opposition benches in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) legislature submitted a vote of no-confidence against K-P Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak in the provincial assembly secretariat on Tuesday.
According to Awami National Party (ANP) parliamentary leader Sardar Hussain Babak, the requisition was moved solely to stop Khattak from dissolving the provincial assembly.
“We don’t have any concern with PTI legislatures’ resignations from the provincial assembly. The requisition for bringing vote of no-confidence against Khattak is a step to stop dissolution of the K-P assembly,” Babak told The Express Tribune, adding that following PTI’s resignations, the opposition parties will sit together to form a new government in the province.
The requisition was submitted by Sikander Sharpao of the Qaumi Watan Party, the former coalition partners. The QWP left the government after two of its members of the cabinet were removed on corruption charges.
Laeder of the Opposition in the K-P Assembly Maulana Lutfur Rehman claimed that the Jamat-e-Islami would support the vote of no-confidence. However, K-P information Minister Mushtaq Ghani said that opposition parties lacked the required strength, adding that the coalition partners supported the PTI.
On the other hand, sources told The Express Tribune that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has been the main hurdle in bringing vote of no-confidence against Khattak.
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CM Khattak took care of more than a million IDPs in his province, and you guys now suddenly remember the rain victims? Don't do politics on these victims. This motion will be beaten, dissolving KPK assembly was never IK's agenda but now he doesn't have to. Playing into PTI's hands these people.
@Khalil Khan Marwat: What an observation? Imran is now surrounded by angels; Ch. Shujaat, Pervaiz Elahi, Sh. Rashid, Shireen Mazari, etc.. He is also in distinguished company of Qadri, Khar, etc. Men are known by the company they keep, not those against him!!!!
It is the democratic right of the opposition but PTI does not believe in democracy like Qadri. Great to see the CM in a fix now he cannot dissolve the assembly. If PTI can prove their plurality they would not have anything to fear.
Pakistani politicians. Black mailers of worst kind
Good riddance, the guy preferred dancing while people in KPK were dancing. He is busy giving dharnas, while KPK is on auto pilot. This in itself is corruption, corruption through ineffective use of resources, meaning khatak and ministers being human resources are busy dancing than serving the KPK masses. Shame
@ Abu Noor Now this is the thing, as CM KPK should rightly resign on deaths of people due to rai, so should CM Punjab on death of people in model town. Alas both of them won't. No value of human life in Pak.
If shaking the proverbial booty is the only criteria for being the CM of KPK, then Musarrat Shaheen can be given the honors.
People who are criticizing Khattak for the rain......I am amazed that you think CM would have stopped the rain for coming down. People who lost their lives were due to unsafe buildings, unless CM invited whole KPK to his house, he couldn't stop that. Now if his administration did not respond to the aftermath in time then I think it is a fair criticism.
Its end of PTI's future in KPK. They are going to face Kejriwal kind of fate. In next elections they won't even secure their most trusted seats.
Regardless of any outcome of PTI "Azadi march", Khatak should be removed as CM for his inability to take care of his province during recent rains. Despite being a voter for PTI, I am seriously disappointed with their performance in KPK.
I most humbly sumbit that ET is acting more and more like Imran Khan.
now according to PTI, moving a no confidence motion will be unethical, non democratic and wht not. and jamming the whole country for 5 days is their democratic right
Stubbornness of PMLn will hurt not only PMLn but also democracy. If one party come into power it does not mean that it reject to listen opposition for five years.
You can tell if someone is right when you see all the corrupt elements uniting against him. Imran Khan please save us from these people who have destroyed Pakistan for 60 years.
Goodbye Mr. IK! I had expected you to be wiped out by 2018 but you hastened your demise 4 years early. Either way, good riddance!
What does he expect when he is dancing and having corn on the cob in Isloo all the while Peshawar is drowning with many dead.
Totally useless CM!
Time for Khattack to rush back and save his job....apart from escaping madness of his leader!
This is playing into PTI hands. Now Imran Khan will have an excuse for not dissolving KPK assembly.