Voting on no-trust motion: Govt, NA Speaker committing contempt of court, says Bilawal

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Saturday that the government and Speaker of National Assembly are committing contempt of court.

While talking to twitter, he said that the National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser refused to even start agenda of the day as ordered by the court. He further said that the constitution also mandates vote on no-confidence.

Bilawal said that while running away from vote Prime Minister Imran Khan has violated the constitution again, adding that we will not leave National Assembly until vote.

Earlier, while speaking on the floor of assembly, the PPP chairman demanded of the Speaker to follow the court’s orders. The Speaker will himself be disqualified over the contempt of court. This is not the first time in Pakistan that a speaker’s ruling has been thrown by the court. In the past too, a Speaker sitting in the same chair had given a ruling which was then done away with through a suo-moto notice. The court has ordered for the process of April 3 to be completed and voting has to take place.