ISLAMABAD: The no-trust motion Against Prime Minister Imran Khan succeeded with 174 votes in favor after the National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaisar resigned and handed over the Speaker chair to Ayaz Sadiq at the last moments of Saturday.
PML-N leader and former Speaker NA Ayaz Sadiq conducted voting on the no-trust motion soon after the new day started. None of the dissident MNA of PTI took part in the voting.
As many as 174 votes were cast in the favour of a no-confidence motion against PM Imran Khan. This is the first time in the history of Pakistan that a no-confidence motion against an elected prime minister has succeeded.
Earlier the process of voting on the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan has been completed. Following the resignation of the NA speaker and deputy speaker, PML-N’s Ayaz Sadiq as a panel of the chairman of the house began the proceedings on the matter.
The session that began at 10.30 am in the morning was adjourned four times during the day and the members from the treasury and opposition benches expressed their opinion.
The joint opposition needs the support of at least 172 lawmakers from a total of 342 to oust the premier through the no-trust move.
