Pakistan Punjab CM Usman Bazdar resigns ahead of trust vote against PM Imran Khan
India Today
The Speaker of the Punjab Assembly in Pakistan and PML-Q leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi met Prime Minister Imran Khan after the CM resigned.
The Chief Minister of Pakistan’s Punjab, Usman Bazdar, has resigned after a motion of no confidence was tabled in the Pakistan National Assembly against Prime Minister Imran Khan. Buzdar is a member of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf.
Following Bazdar’s resignation, the Speaker of the Punjab Assembly in Pakistan and PML-Q leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi met Prime Minister Imran Khan to express his confidence in Khan’s government and announcing his support to Imran Khan, facing a trust vote in Pakistan’s parliament.
Imran Khan has decided to nominate Elahi as the next Punjab Chief Minister, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf said in a tweet, adding, all issues were settled in the meeting.
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The motion of no confidence against embattled Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was tabled in the Pakistan National Assembly for debate before the House adjourned for the day today. The National Assembly met today after a two-day recess when the motion was formally tabled amid a volatile political situation in the country.
Introducing the no-trust motion in the Pakistan parliament, the Leader of the Opposition Shahbaz Sharif said: "I am presenting a no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister."
161 members of the Assembly voted in favour of the motion against PM Khan.
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