Assembly Speaker, his deputy resign as voting on no-trust motion begins after midnight
India Today
The Pakistan Assembly Speaker and Deputy Speaker resigned on Saturday, following which voting on the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan started around 12.20 am.
Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser and Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri resigned on Sunday while Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan held an emergency meeting of his Cabinet, as he vowed not to resign and "fight till the last ball".
The voting on the no-trust motion against Imran Khan began around 12.20 am in the Pakistan Assembly.
Meanwhile, the crucial session of Pakistan's Parliament convened on Saturday in line with a landmark Supreme Court ruling to decide the fate of embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan witnessed multiple adjournments and heated arguments, but the voting on a no-confidence motion against him appeared to be a distant possibility before the end of the day.
Shortly after the meeting started, Speaker Asad Qaiser decided to adjourn the session when leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif took the floor on a point of order and made a small speech reminding the Speaker that he was bound to go ahead as per the apex court’s order.
During his speech, the lawmakers of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) kept interrupting by constantly speaking and kept calling him a “beggar” - a tacit reference to his recent statement where he said, "beggars can’t be choosers".
Speaking in the National Assembly session after the adjournment, Khawaja Saad Rafique of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) said the Speaker had promised that the voting would be held after Iftar.
According to Geo News, the voting was expected to take place after 8 pm. The session was originally adjourned till 12.30 pm but was seemingly delayed as Opposition and government members held meetings.
