• Pakistan Parliament prevents voting a motion of censure against the prime minister

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The government of

Pakistan's Prime Minister, Imran Khan,

fell today after losing the vote on a no-confidence motion against him, making the former cricketer the

first ruler in the history of that country to be ousted

from power by the Parlament.

A vote will be held on Monday

to elect a new president.

The motion of censure presented by the opposition was

approved with the vote in favor of 174 of the 342

legislators that make up the

National Assembly (Lower House).

In total "174 members have registered their vote in favor of the resolution, consequently, the resolution for the motion of censure against Imran Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, has been approved by a majority", announced

Ayaz Sadiq,

who chaired the vote .

.

According to the spokeswoman for the main opposition party, the

Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N),

Maryam Aurangzeb,

Sadiq was unable to cast his vote because he was presiding over the session and the votes of the dissenting members of the Khan formation were also not cast,

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

"A new dawn

is coming, a new day is coming, and the prayers of millions of Pakistanis have been heard by Allah. We will not avenge anyone, we will not send any innocent to jail but the law will break through," the leader said. opposition Shehbaz Sharif to the camera after the announcement of the result.

"There will be a rule of law,"

added the opponent who is emerging as a candidate to take over from Khan.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf voters this Sunday.AAMIR QURESHIAFP

The session that began at 10:30 a.m. (4:30 GMT) faced several

delays promoted by Khan's allies,

with party meetings, pauses, and lengthy speeches, which was seen as a government tactic to delay the vote.

The vote began at midnight just after Pakistani National Assembly Speaker

Asad Qaiser tendered

his resignation to the floor, saying he could not be part of a foreign conspiracy.

Khan, who had already managed to prevent the vote on the motion from taking place a week ago, has claimed to have evidence of the conspiracy, of which he pointed directly to the

United States,

after his trip to Moscow to meet with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, a meeting that coincided with the invasion of Ukraine.

According to this

Washington

was behind the opposition movement to dethrone Khan, in retaliation for his trip to

Moscow.

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