Today, Sunday, the opposition leader in the Pakistani parliament, Shahbaz Sharif, submitted his candidacy papers to lead the majority in parliament and take the post of prime minister, after parliament withdrew confidence from the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan, and the PTI party - Khan’s party - nominated Shah Mahmood Qureshi to compete with Shahbaz Sharif for the position. .

The opposition parties have unanimously agreed on Shahbaz Sharif, the former chief minister of Punjab province, to take over the prime ministership to succeed Imran Khan.

On Saturday, the opposition parties managed, during a session that lasted 13 hours, to obtain the support of 174 votes of no-confidence in the 342-seat parliament, giving them the majority they need to hold a vote on Monday to choose a new prime minister.

honest statement

Shahbaz Sharif, 70, the younger brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, posted a tweet on his Twitter account, saying that Pakistan was "liberated from a serious crisis last night."

Shahbaz said in a speech to parliament today, Sunday, that Khan's departure is an opportunity for a new beginning, adding, "A new dawn has begun...this alliance will rebuild Pakistan."

On the other hand, the Insaf Party nominated Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to challenge Shahbaz Sharif for the position of Prime Minister.


These developments come after the resignation of Parliament Speaker Assad Qaiser and his deputy, Qassem Khan Suri, before the opposition succeeded in the early hours of this morning with no confidence in Khan's government.

According to the rules of the Pakistani parliament, the legislature (Parliament) must elect a new Muslim Prime Minister without taking further action, if the Prime Minister's seat becomes vacant, and the candidate who obtains 172 votes or more wins.

Khan's comment

Imran Khan has not publicly commented on his ouster in Parliament, but he had called for protests before the vote, and Khan said there was what he described as a foreign plot to change the regime in Pakistan.

In a tweet on his Twitter account, Khan added that it is the Pakistani people who will defend their sovereignty and democracy.

The Pakistani army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, had met earlier with Imran Khan, who denied the validity of what he called rumors that the army chief had dismissed him or asked him to submit his resignation, and said that he would announce the secret message about conspiring against Pakistan and his government by the United States, and that he would provide copies Including to the Supreme Court and to the leadership of the army.

No prime minister in the history of Pakistan has completed his term, but Khan is the first prime minister to be removed from office by a vote of no confidence.

Last Thursday, Pakistan's Supreme Court overturned the deputy speaker's decision to refuse to vote on the opposition's motion of no-confidence against Khan, and the subsequent dissolution of the House of Representatives by the president on the advice of the prime minister.

The court, in a unanimous ruling, ordered the Speaker of Parliament to summon a session of Parliament on the ninth of this April, and to hold a vote on the motion of no confidence.

A panel of five members of the court, headed by the President of the Supreme Court, Omar Atta Bandial, described the dissolution of the National Assembly (Parliament) last Sunday as unconstitutional, and declared that the move was null and void.