Islamabad :
President Dr. Arif Alvi has written a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan and Shahbaz Sharif for the appointment of caretaker Prime Minister. The National Assembly and the Cabinet were dissolved.
The letter said that the President had written a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan and Leader of the Opposition in the outgoing National Assembly Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif regarding the appointment of caretaker Prime Minister after the dissolution of the National Assembly.
The letter asked both the persons to nominate a suitable person for the post of caretaker Prime Minister under Article 224A (1) of the Constitution of Pakistan.
He informed the two leaders that if the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition in the outgoing National Assembly do not agree on the appointment of a caretaker Prime Minister, then within three days of the dissolution of the National Assembly, he would nominate both nominees as Speaker. We will send it to the committee to be formed immediately.
The committee will consist of 8 members from the outgoing National Assembly, or Senate, or both, representing the government and the opposition, and will be nominated by the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition, respectively, under Article 224A (1) of the Constitution. Will be done
He further said that the present Prime Minister Imran Khan would remain in the post of Prime Minister till the appointment of caretaker Prime Minister under Article 224A (4) of the Constitution.
It is pertinent to note that under Article 224A (1) of the Constitution, the President has the power to appoint the caretaker Prime Minister in consultation with the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition in the outgoing National Assembly.
It may be recalled that the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan was rejected by Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Suri yesterday as unconstitutional.
Immediately after the conclusion of the lower house session, the Prime Minister addressed the nation and announced that the proposal to dissolve the Assembly had been forwarded to the President.
Prime Minister Imran Khan said that our Speaker has rejected the conspiracy to change the government, it was a foreign agenda and I want to congratulate the whole nation on its rejection.
The Prime Minister had said that after the decision taken by the Speaker using his powers, he had sent a proposal to the President to dissolve the Assemblies. We should go to the people democratically and the people should decide who they want.
