{"id":3969,"date":"2022-04-04T13:37:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T13:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linksus.net\/pakistan-pm-khan-to-face-no-confidence-vote-in-parliament-today-al-jazeera-english\/"},"modified":"2022-04-04T13:37:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T13:37:43","slug":"pakistan-pm-khan-to-face-no-confidence-vote-in-parliament-today-al-jazeera-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/2022\/04\/04\/pakistan-pm-khan-to-face-no-confidence-vote-in-parliament-today-al-jazeera-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan PM Khan to face no-confidence vote in Parliament today – Al Jazeera English"},"content":{"rendered":"

The embattled leader\u2019s position is on the line as the opposition says it has the numbers to unseat him.<\/em>
Pakistan\u2019s embattled prime minister faces a no-confidence vote in Parliament on Sunday.
The opposition says it has the numbers to win after PM Imran Khan\u2019s allies and partners in a fragile coalition abandoned him.
The opposition needs a simple majority of 172 votes in Pakistan\u2019s 342-seat Parliament to unseat Khan, a cricketer-turned-politician.
His small but key coalition partners along with 17 of his own party members have joined<\/a> the opposition to remove him.
The Parliament is scheduled to convene at 11:30am (06:30 GMT), but Pakistan\u2019s parliamentary rules allow for three to seven days of debate. The opposition says it has the numbers for an immediate vote, but Khan\u2019s party could force a delay.
On Sunday, giant metal containers blocked roads and entrances to the capital\u2019s diplomatic enclave, Parliament and other sensitive government installations in the capital.
A lone #PTI<\/a> supporter at Dchowk #Islamabad<\/a>\u2026 as their leader set to faces a #NoConfidence<\/a> vote in parliament.
More than 15000 security personnel deployed to secure #Pakistan<\/a>\u2018s capital.
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Al Jazeera\u2019s Osama Bin Javaid reporting from Islamabad said lawmakers have started arriving in parliament.
\u201cIt looks like his [Imran Khan] days are numbered. If the opposition numbers are anything to go by they clearly have the majority inside the hall. It is been filled up right now. We were there a few minutes earlier. There is a very strict security outside the Red Zone. More than 15,000 security personnel have been deployed. They are there to hold back protesters if they try to move towards parliament,\u201d Javaid said.
\u201cWhat pundits and politicians will tell you in private is that the very strong military establishment that was behind Imran Khan\u2019s rise to power no longer supports him. They say the military has stepped back. Imran Khan used to called them the umpire, and the umpire appears neutral,\u201d he added.
Meanwhile, a defiant Khan called for supporters to stage demonstrations countrywide to protest against the vote.
The PM has accused the opposition of being in cahoots<\/a> with the United States to unseat him, saying the US wants him gone over his foreign policy choices that often favour China and Russia.
Khan has also been a strident opponent of the US\u2019s so-called \u201cwar on terror\u201d and Pakistan\u2019s partnership in that war with Washington.
Khan has circulated a memo that he insists provides proof that Washington conspired with Pakistan\u2019s opposition to unseat him because the US wants \u201cme, personally, gone \u2026 and everything would be forgiven\u201d.
A loss for Khan would give his opponents the opportunity to form a new government and rule until elections, which are scheduled to be held next year.
The opposition could also choose to call early elections.
Pakistan\u2019s main opposition parties, whose ideologies span the spectrum from left to right to religious, have been rallying for Khan\u2019s removal almost since he was elected in 2018.
Khan\u2019s win was mired in controversy amid widespread accusations that Pakistan\u2019s powerful army helped his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party to an election win.<\/p>\n

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