(3 Apr 2022)
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Islamabad – 3 April 2022
1. Various of lawmakers from Pakistani opposition Pakistan Muslim League (N) party (PML (N)) arriving at parliament to participate in no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Imran Khan
2. PML (N) President Shahbaz Sharif arriving at parliament inside vehicle
3. Supporters of ruling Pakistan Tehreek Insaf party chanting slogans after ruling on no-confidence motion, UPSOUND: (Urdu) "Who will save Pakistan? Imran Khan, Imran Khan"
4. Pakistan Tehreek Insaf supporters chanting slogans in favor of Khan
5. Pakistan Tehreek Insaf supporters chanting, (UPSOUND) "American slavery, unacceptable"
6. Pakistani Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry speaking after Supreme Court ruling on parliament dissolution
7. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Fawad Chaudhry, Pakistani Information Minister:
"The ruling of the deputy speaker (regarding failed no-confidence challenge) will remain, the Supreme Court has issued notices for tomorrow. There is no doubt in this case that we will also have the opportunity to put our case in front of court."
8. Reporters
9. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Fawad Chaudhry, Pakistani Information Minister:
"According to Article 69, the Supreme Court has no right to judge the ruling of the parliament, this is absolutely the speaker's right, and there are a lot of precedents to back this ruling (by deputy speaker) by the courts and the Supreme Court."
10. Musadik Malik, senator and senior leader of PML (N), addressing media after Supreme Court ruling
11. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Musadik Malik, senator and senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League (N):
"The Supreme Court served a notice to all parties and called to them to be present in court tomorrow. We think that this is a subjudice matter, we don't want to comment on a court ruling."
12. PML (N) supporters chanting against Khan, UPSOUND "Go Niazi, go Niazi" (nickname of Khan)
13. Wide of PML (N) supporters chanting against Khan
STORYLINE:
Pakistan's president dissolved parliament on Sunday setting the stage for early elections after the prime minister sidestepped a no-confidence move earlier in the day.
Imran Khan asked President Arif Alvi to dissolve the National Assembly, or law-making lower house of parliament, accusing his political opposition of working with the United States to overthrow his government.
The political chaos caused a constitutional crisis that was left to the country's Supreme Court to sort.
The court must decide whether Khan defied the constitution when parliament's deputy speaker, at the request of the minister of information, threw out the no-confidence resolution.
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said opposition lawmakers violated the constitution's Article 5 demanding loyalty of its citizens by colluding with a foreign power to stage a "regime change."
The opposition has challenged the deputy speaker's constitutional authority to throw out the no-confidence vote, which they said they had the numbers to win.
The battle between Khan, a cricket star turned conservative Islamic leader, and his political opposition has mired the nation in political turmoil.
Khan, who was not in parliament on Sunday, went on national television to say he would ask Pakistan's president to dissolve the body and hold elections.
Pakistan's constitution calls for the establishment of an interim government to see the country toward elections, which are to be held within 90 days.
According to the constitution the interim government is to be established with input from the opposition.
The opposition arrived in parliament ready to vote Khan out of power.
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