Islamabad | Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Sunday refused to allow members to vote in a no-confidence motion, even after several hours had elapsed. Sources said that the speaker said that since he has a 30-year relationship with the prime minister, he cannot allow voting, Geo News reported.
The historic session of the National Assembly to decide the fate of Prime Minister Imran Khan began on Saturday amid several attempts by the PTI government to avoid voting on a no-confidence motion.
Coming to the floor, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that when the National Security Committee (NSC) was informed about the details of the ‘top-secret document’, the Forum immediately decided to issue a demarcation (march). and the second order was to convene a session of Parliament to inquire into the matter.
“Before we (the government) leave, I would like to bring to your knowledge that the National Security Advisor of the United States called on our National Security Advisor and clearly told us not to go ahead with the Russia tour,” he said. said.”
Qureshi said, “Where does any sovereign nation in the world get direction from other countries and which independent country accepts such directions?”
When Qureshi was asking this question, At the same time, the hall of the House was resonating with slogans and protests from the leaders of the opposition parties.