During a special session of Legislature Prime Minister Khan obtained 178 votes out of the 342-member house of representatives
Following a humiliating loss of the finance minister in the fiercely disputed Senate elections, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan secured a confidence vote in the National Assembly on Saturday, despite a boycott call from opposition parties, bolstering his government’s credibility. Imran Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, has secured a vote of confidence in Parliament. The motion of no confidence against Imran Khan was dismissed by 178 votes. After the Opposition put pressure on him to quit, Imran Khan pursued a vote of confidence to reclaim the credibility of his administration.
Since the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), a coalition of 11 parties, condemned the vote, the floor test was held without the opposition.
After his finance minister, Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, was defeated in a tight Senate election on Wednesday, the 68-year-old cricketer-turned-politician chose to seek a vote of confidence in the lower house of Parliament. Following the fiasco, the opposition ordered the Prime Minister’s dismissal.
Yusuf Raza Gilani of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) vanquished Abdul Hafeez Shaikh of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday, dealing a heavy setback to Prime Minister Khan, who had personally campaigned for his Cabinet colleague.
Imran Khan made the announcement during a televised speech to the country, in which he bashed the grand Opposition coalition for “making a mockery of democracy” and promised that the crooked would never be let off the hook.
“I will take a vote of confidence the day after tomorrow (Saturday). I will ask my members to show if they have confidence in me. If they say they have no confidence, I will sit on Opposition benches,” Imran said .
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi tabled a single-point resolution in the House.
A clear majority required 172 votes from the House’s 342-member participants. The governing coalition had 181 members until one of its senators, Faisal Vowda, resigned, reducing its power to 180. In the Legislature, the Opposition party has 160 seats. One of the seats was empty.
