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Explained: Who is Shah Mahmood Qureshi, picked by Imran Khan for Pakistan PM’s post?
Fp Explainers •Shah Mahmood Qureshi is the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf vice-chairman and the country’s former finance minister. He is up against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s president Shehbaz Sharif, the frontrunner for the top post
Pakistan: Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri did not resign, set to chair National Assembly session on Monday
•National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaisar resigned from his office on Saturday ahead of voting on a no-confidence motion against former prime minister Imran Khan
Pakistan National Assembly to meet again on 11 April to elect new PM after Imran Khan removed through no-confidence vote
•The nomination papers for the new prime minister of Pakistan may be submitted by 2 pm on Sunday and the scrutiny would be done by 3 pm
Pakistan Assembly speaker refuses to allow no-trust vote against Imran Khan, session adjourned till 10 pm today
Fp Staff •Khan has summoned his cabinet as the Opposition pressurises the Speaker to hold the voting as soon as possible saying that not doing so will amount to 'contempt of court'
Pakistan Supreme Court bars state institutions from taking any 'unconstitutional' steps after dissolution of National Assembly
•Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial said all orders and actions initiated by the prime minister and the president regarding the dissolution of the National Assembly will be subject to the court's order
My life is in danger: Pakistan PM Imran Khan says ahead of no-confidence motion
•Pakistan’s information minister Fawad Chaudhry too on Friday had claimed that a plot to assassinate Khan has been reported by the country’s security agencies
Plot afoot to assassinate Pakistan's Imran Khan, claims information minister
•His statement comes a week after similar claims were made by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Faisal Vawda who had said that a conspiracy was being hatched to assassinate the prime minister over his refusal to 'sell the country'
'Will play till the last ball': Pakistan PM Imran Khan rules out resignation ahead of no-trust vote
Fp Staff •"But what is most disturbing is that our people, who are sitting here, are in contact with foreign powers," he said, referring to the "three stooges" – PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif, PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari, and PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman.
Only resignation is an 'honourable exit': Opposition ups the ante against Pakistan PM Imran Khan
•A defiant Khan said on Thursday that he will not resign despite losing the majority and insisted that he will "fight till the last ball" and face the vote of no-confidence in the National Assembly on Sunday which will decide where the country will go
Pakistan: Backdoor efforts underway to reach a deal between Imran Khan and Opposition ahead of no-trust vote
•No prime minister in Pakistan’s history has ever been ousted through a no-confidence motion, and Khan is the third premier to face the challenge