Pakistan’s Parliament to elect new PM today; Shahbaz Sharif, Shah Mehmood in the field. 10 points
Highlight
- The Pakistan National Assembly will elect the new Prime Minister of the country today.
- Imran Khan is out after losing the no-confidence motion against him.
- Pakistan’s joint opposition candidate Shahbaz Sharif and PTI’s Shah Mehmood Qureshi are in the fray.
The Pakistan National Assembly will elect the country’s new prime minister today, as Imran Khan is out after losing a no-confidence vote against him. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday night called for protests against the removal of Imran Khan for the election of the new PM.
Here’s everything you need to know:
- Pakistan’s joint opposition candidate Shahbaz Sharif and PTI’s Shah Mehmood Qureshi are in the race for the PM election to be held tomorrow. Both his nomination papers have been approved.
- Shah Mehmood Qureshi is the former Foreign Minister of Pakistan. Shahbaz Sharif is the brother of Nawaz Sharif and his name was in discussion as the next Prime Minister of Pakistan even before Imran Khan was deposed.
- Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is likely to be the next foreign minister of Pakistan.
- The session of the National Assembly to elect the new Premier will now be held on Monday (tomorrow) at 2.00 pm, as opposed to the earlier schedule of 11.00 pm.
- Elaborate security arrangements have been made before the election of the Prime Minister. Tight security arrangements are in place around D-Chowk. In addition, the roads leading to Parliament will be opened after the election of a new prime minister.
- Voting on the no-confidence motion against the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government began late on Saturday night in the country’s National Assembly with 174 members registering their votes in favor of the motion to oust Imran Khan from power. Did. ,
- Meanwhile, former Pakistan Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday announced that members of his party will be removed from the National Assembly on Monday if the nomination of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shahbaz Sharif is accepted. will resign.
- In his first reaction after his expulsion, Imran Khan today took to Twitter and continued to make allegations of “external conspiracy”, saying today marks the beginning of a new struggle for freedom.
- A clash between supporters of Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz turned into an arena of abuses and slogans against the leadership of each party outside Avenfield Flats in London, the residence of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
- Imran Khan chaired his party’s first parliamentary board meeting after the Pakistani parliament ousted him in a no-confidence motion.
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