ISLAMABAD: As political temperature in Pakistan soars, prime minister Imran Khan faces the warmth of a no-confidence movement within the coming weeks, as introduced by the opposition events on February 11 within the Nationwide Meeting. The 342-member Nationwide Meeting should have 172 votes for the no-confidence movement to make sure Khan’s elimination. Although no date is determined but for the vote, the opposition claims it has extra votes than required.
To galvanise legislators for the vote, a number of opposition events have introduced lengthy marches to Islamabad in March. Asif Ali Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples Get together (PPP) will march to Islamabad from Karachi on February 27. The Pakistan Democratic Motion (PDM), an alliance of 9 opposition events, together with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Maulana Fazlur Rehman-led right-wing Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (FUI-F), has introduced its march on Islamabad to March 23.
The opposition has additionally claimed that the “institution”, a euphemism for the navy’s highly effective grip on Islamabad, will keep “impartial” and won’t come to the rescue of the “chosen PM”, an important issue behind the opposition’s assured push for Khan’s elimination. The opposition has lengthy alleged that the 2018 polls have been rigged by the institution, and that Khan’s authorities can’t survive a day with out navy assist.
Authorities sources reject the opposition’s declare that the “institution is irritated at Khan’s incompetent governance”, saying there isn’t a discord between Khan and the boys in uniform. Amid these counter claims, the navy and the federal government have prevented talking in public on thorny points, which might decide Khan’s exit.
One such subject is the retirement of the incumbent military chief, Normal Qamar Javed Bajwa. His time period, which Khan prolonged for 3 years in 2019, ends in November. The opposition is decided to disclaim Khan the chance of appointing the following military chief, which is barely doable along with his elimination.
In accordance with Islamabad’s political grapevine, Khan is more likely to exchange Bajwa with Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, former ISI chief, presently posted as corps commander of Peshawar. As ISI chief, Hameed was additionally Islamabad’s “emergency” emissary to Kabul quickly after the Afghan capital fell to the Taliban final August.
Bajwa transferred Hameed out of the ISI final October inside months of the Kabul go to. Khan’s insistence to retain him as ISI chief apparently contributed to the PM’s strained relations with the institution. Hameed’s switch was a part of a reshuffle of the military brass.
The opposition’s distrust of Hameed additionally stems from the priority that he was allegedly behind the anti-blasphemy sit-in protests of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, a right-wing get together, in opposition to the earlier authorities.
With Hameed as military chief, the opposition fears harsh authorities reprisal resulting in an uneven taking part in discipline in elections due in 2023. There are fears that if Khan survives a no-trust transfer, he’ll probably announce the following military chief earlier than April-end.
To make the no-trust transfer successful, the opposition is banking on the assist of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid, the Muttahida Qaumi Motion-Pakistan and a disgruntled group of lawmakers led by estranged get together chief Jehangir Tareen of Khan’s personal get together, Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf. In Pakistan’s parliamentary historical past, the one no-confidence movement within the decrease home that failed was introduced in opposition to slain chief Benazir Bhutto in 1989.
To galvanise legislators for the vote, a number of opposition events have introduced lengthy marches to Islamabad in March. Asif Ali Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples Get together (PPP) will march to Islamabad from Karachi on February 27. The Pakistan Democratic Motion (PDM), an alliance of 9 opposition events, together with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Maulana Fazlur Rehman-led right-wing Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (FUI-F), has introduced its march on Islamabad to March 23.
The opposition has additionally claimed that the “institution”, a euphemism for the navy’s highly effective grip on Islamabad, will keep “impartial” and won’t come to the rescue of the “chosen PM”, an important issue behind the opposition’s assured push for Khan’s elimination. The opposition has lengthy alleged that the 2018 polls have been rigged by the institution, and that Khan’s authorities can’t survive a day with out navy assist.
Authorities sources reject the opposition’s declare that the “institution is irritated at Khan’s incompetent governance”, saying there isn’t a discord between Khan and the boys in uniform. Amid these counter claims, the navy and the federal government have prevented talking in public on thorny points, which might decide Khan’s exit.
One such subject is the retirement of the incumbent military chief, Normal Qamar Javed Bajwa. His time period, which Khan prolonged for 3 years in 2019, ends in November. The opposition is decided to disclaim Khan the chance of appointing the following military chief, which is barely doable along with his elimination.
In accordance with Islamabad’s political grapevine, Khan is more likely to exchange Bajwa with Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, former ISI chief, presently posted as corps commander of Peshawar. As ISI chief, Hameed was additionally Islamabad’s “emergency” emissary to Kabul quickly after the Afghan capital fell to the Taliban final August.
Bajwa transferred Hameed out of the ISI final October inside months of the Kabul go to. Khan’s insistence to retain him as ISI chief apparently contributed to the PM’s strained relations with the institution. Hameed’s switch was a part of a reshuffle of the military brass.
The opposition’s distrust of Hameed additionally stems from the priority that he was allegedly behind the anti-blasphemy sit-in protests of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, a right-wing get together, in opposition to the earlier authorities.
With Hameed as military chief, the opposition fears harsh authorities reprisal resulting in an uneven taking part in discipline in elections due in 2023. There are fears that if Khan survives a no-trust transfer, he’ll probably announce the following military chief earlier than April-end.
To make the no-trust transfer successful, the opposition is banking on the assist of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid, the Muttahida Qaumi Motion-Pakistan and a disgruntled group of lawmakers led by estranged get together chief Jehangir Tareen of Khan’s personal get together, Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf. In Pakistan’s parliamentary historical past, the one no-confidence movement within the decrease home that failed was introduced in opposition to slain chief Benazir Bhutto in 1989.
