The Pakistan government on Sunday issued a notification stating that Imran Khan no longer holds the position of prime minister. The notification signed by Additional Secretary Eazaz A. Dar stated: “Consequent upon dissolution of the National Assembly by the President of Pakistan, in terms of Article 58(1) read with Article 48(1) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan… Mr Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi ceased to hold the Office of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, with immediate effect.”
Following the notification, Khan will not be eligible to issue any order in the country.
Pakistan’s political crisis deepened earlier on Sunday as the deputy speaker of the Parliament, a member of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), blocked the opposition’s no-confidence motion that Khan was expected to lose.
