Imran Khan will remain in office till a caretaker prime minister is appointed, Pakistan’s president Arif Alvi clarified in a late-night tweet after the country saw its most politically turbulent day this year and braced for yet another leadership crisis.
“Mr. Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi, shall continue as Prime Minister till the appointment of caretaker Prime Minister under Article 224 A (4) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,” the president’s office said in a tweet.
This comes after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan was de-notified as the prime minister of Pakistan. A statement was issued in this regard from the country’s Cabinet Division after the dissolution of the National Assembly, Geo News reported.
The de-notification comes after the deputy speaker of the National Assembly (NA) Qasim Suri dismissed the no-confidence motion against the PTI chairman and termed it “unconstitutional”.
As the opposition reeled in the face of the government’s move, PM Imran appeared on television moments later to announce that he had advised the president to dissolve the NA and called on the country’s citizens to prepare for fresh elections.
Shortly after, the president dissolved the lower house of Parliament under Article 58 of the Constitution, which says:
“The president shall dissolve the National Assembly if so advised by the prime minister; and the National Assembly shall, unless sooner dissolved, stand dissolved at the expiration of forty-eight hours after the prime minister has so advised.”
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