NewsApril 01 , 2022
Beginning of the End of the PTI Government
By Asim Yasin & Muhammad Anis & Mumtaz Alvi
Islamabad: The beginning of the end of the Imran Khan government started on Wednesday when the combined opposition demonstrated the support of nearly 199 parliamentarians, including 22 dissident members of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), for the no-confidence resolution against the prime minister.
Another three PTI members including Aamir Liaquat Hussain, Farrukh Altaf and Javeria Zafar Aahir joined their dissident party colleagues at a sitting of the combined opposition, with the opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif, and Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) President Maulana Fazlur Rehman at the Sindh House on Wednesday.
The strength of members currently supporting the no-confidence resolution include the combined opposition 162, dissident PTI members 22, MQM 7, BAP 4, and three independent members -- Aslam Bhootani, Saleh Shah and Ali Wazir, and one Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) member.
The strength of supporters of Prime Minister Imran Khan on the other hand now has reduced to 142 including 133 PTI members, PML-Q 4, Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) 3, one member each of BAP and Awami Muslim League (AML).
A special meeting of the federal cabinet on Wednesday decided to place the ‘threat letter’ before an in-camera session of the Parliament…. – The News
Courtesy https://www.thenews.com.pk
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