ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties on Saturday rejected the parliamentary vote of confidence, which Prime Minister Imran Khan won with a comfortable majority, securing the trust of 178 MPs from members of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and allies in the 342-seat National Assembly. Addressing a press conference in Sukkur, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) President Maulana Fazlur Rehman said the opposition alliance “rejects” the vote. Terming the session “unconstitutional”, Fazl, who is not part of the House, said the opposition was aware of how MPs were “forced” to vote in favour of the prime minister. We don’t accept today’s Assembly session, nor do we accept the confidence vote.”The opposition alliance had boycotted Saturday’s vote, saying the meeting between Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and Imran “sent a wrong message.”“This was not a confidence vote. The prime minister keeps renewing his criticism of the 16 MPs who voted for Gillani but took a vote of confidence from the same parliamentarians.

Source: Pakistan Today March 06, 2021 12:53 UTC