Back الأزمة الدستورية الباكستانية 2022 Arabic ২০২২ পাকিস্তানের সাংবিধানিক সংকট Bengali/Bangla Crisi constitucional del Pakistan de 2022 Catalan Crise politique de 2022 au Pakistan French המשבר החוקתי בפקיסטן (2022) HE पाकिस्तानी संवैधानिक संकट, 2022 Hindi Crise constitucional no Paquistão em 2022 Portuguese Пакистанска уставна криза 2022. Serbian پاکستان میں آئینی بحران 2022ء Urdu

2022 Pakistani constitutional crisis

For the Pakistani constitutional coup in 1953, see 1953 Pakistani constitutional coup.
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A political and constitutional crisis emerged in Pakistan from, 3 April 2022 to 10 April 2022 when, National Assembly's deputy speaker Qasim Khan Suri dismissed a no-confidence motion against prime minister Imran Khan during a session in which it was expected to be taken up for a vote, alleging that a foreign country's involvement in the regime change was contradictory to Article 5 of the constitution of Pakistan.[1] Moments later, Khan stated in a televised address that he had advised president Arif Alvi to dissolve the National Assembly. Alvi complied with Khan's advice under Article 58 of the constitution. This resulted in the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) taking a suo motu notice of the ongoing situation, creating a constitutional crisis, as effectively, Imran Khan led a constitutional coup.[2][3][4][5] Four days later, the SCP ruled that the dismissal of the no-confidence motion, the prorogation of the National Assembly, the advice from Imran Khan to president Arif Alvi to dissolve the National Assembly, and the subsequent dissolution of the National Assembly were unconstitutional, and overturned these actions in a 5-0 vote. The Supreme Court further held that the National Assembly had not been prorogued and had to be reconvened by the speaker immediately and no later than 10:30 a.m. on 9 April 2022.[6][7]

On 9 April, the National Assembly was reconvened, however the motion was not immediately put to a vote. The session went on all day but the voting did not begin. Shortly before midnight, the speaker and the deputy speaker both resigned.

Shortly after midnight on 10 April, the National Assembly voted and passed the no-confidence motion with 174 votes, a majority, removing Khan from office,[8] and making him the first prime minister in Pakistan to be removed from office through a no-confidence motion.[9] No prime minister has completed their term in Pakistan's 75-year history, which has been marred by frequent coups by the country's powerful military.[10]

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  2. ^ Khan, Dawn com | Sanaullah (2022-04-03). "President Alvi dissolves National Assembly on PM Imran's advice". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  3. ^ "Key Pakistan leaders behind opposition bid to remove PM Khan". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  4. ^ "'Constitutional Coup' Threatened in Pakistan". Human Rights Watch. 2022-04-05. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  5. ^ "Pakistan's PM calls for early election after vote of no confidence thrown out". the Guardian. 2022-04-03. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
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  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference pakistansupremecourt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Chaudhry, Fahad (2022-04-09). "Imran Khan loses no-trust vote, prime ministerial term comes to unceremonious end". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  9. ^ "Imran Khan becomes first PM to be ousted via no-trust vote". The Express Tribune. 2022-04-09. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  10. ^ "Pakistan faces constitutional crisis over elections: What to know". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2023-05-20.

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