Asif Ali Zardari
Pakistan: Zardari ready to welcome Imran Khan as opposition leader in NA
Islamabad: As the Supreme Court nullified Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri’s ruling to reject the no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, former president and PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday said Imran Khan will be welcomed as the opposition leader in the National Assembly.
On Thursday, in a landmark judgment, the SC restored the National Assembly (NA) after it declared the government's decision to dissolve the Assembly and NA Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri's ruling against the Constitution,Geo News reported.
“After electing Shahbaz Sharif as Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan will become opposition leader and I will welcome him,” Asif Zardari was quoted as saying by Geo News in a statement.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will face the no-trust vote on Saturday with the country's Supreme Court dissolving the Parliament as "unconstitutional".
Ahead of the verdict, Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial summoned a senior Election Commission official.
The court has said that the deputy speaker's decision to dissolve the national assembly was illegal as he violated the constitution by refusing to allow a no-confidence vote against Khan the last weekend.
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