A day after a six-hour long meeting of party leaders of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) – a 13-party ruling coalition – National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf, using his powers under the Joint Sitting Rules 1973, dissolved Parliament. The schedule of the joint meeting was changed.
According to the new schedule, a joint session of parliament will be convened on Wednesday (tomorrow) instead of the 10th of next month to take “important decisions” to implement state powers, media reported, referring to Pakistan. Amid long-standing anti-government opposition. Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan.
The meeting will be held on March 22 at 4 pm at Parliament House Islamabad.
The parliament speaker’s office did not give a reason for calling the joint session on Wednesday, but state news agency Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) said the ruling coalition had asked parliament to take “important decisions” on the state. was implemented.
APP reported on a meeting of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his cabinet, quoting participants as saying that Khan’s PTI was not a political party but “a group of militants” and that it was “against the state”. Enmity” cannot be tolerated. .
Imran Khan served as Prime Minister from 2018 to 2022 when he was removed from office in a parliamentary vote. Since then they have been demanding fresh elections and holding protests across the country to press their case.
PTI supporters have clashed with the police several times in recent days as authorities tried to compel them to appear in court in connection with various cases brought against them.
Prime Minister Shehbaz has rejected Khan’s demand for fresh elections, saying they will be held later this year as per schedule.
Parliament will be in session in Islamabad as Khan’s supporters gather in the eastern city of Lahore for his latest rally.
Clashes between Khan’s supporters and security forces have ushered in a new round of political instability in the country, which is reeling from an economic crisis.
In response to the clashes, police have arrested hundreds of Khan’s supporters in recent raids.
PTI leader Musarat Jamshed Cheema told Reuters that Khan appeared in the Lahore High Court on Tuesday to apply for protective bail in fresh cases against him.
The former prime minister is also appearing before the bench to hear his petition against the police for raiding his house, which he says violated court orders granting him protective bail last week. There was a violation.
