Pakistan PM Imran Khan is all set to resign from his post. He has lost the no-confidence motion and there is no other option but to step down. It is learnt he will resign from the post in three hours time today.
The ministers from the MQM-P, whose support would have been vital to keep Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in power, will resign from the cabinet at 12:30pm. If they resign, Imran Khan will lose majority in the National Assembly, the lower house of Pakistan parliament, and the opposition numbers would swell to 180.
Speculation is also rife that in this scenario, Imran Khan will resign as Pakistan PM outside parliament. Imran Khan had on Tuesday directed PTI lawmakers to either abstain from voting or not attend the National Assembly session on the day of voting on the no-confidence motion.
No Prime Minister in Pakistan’s history has ever been ousted through a no-confidence motion, and Khan is the third premier to face the challenge. In fact, no Pakistani Prime Minister has ever completed a full five-year term in office.
