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| Pak Parliament admits no-trust motion against Shaukat Aziz | | |
Islamabad, Aug 25: Pakistan's Parliament has admitted a no-confidence motion jointly submitted by the moderate and Islamic opposition parties against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and it would come up for voting on August 29.
Amir Hussain, Speaker of the lower house National Assembly, said the motion has been admitted and August 29 fixed as the date for voting on it.
A total of 137 opposition lawmakers in the national assembly signed the motion which said that the "house is of the opinion that Prime Minister of Pakistan Shaukat Aziz has lost confidence of majority of the members and should no more hold his office."
The opposition chargesheet says that besides indulging in corrupt deals, the Prime Minister has failed to check lawlessness and price-hike in the country and proved ineffective on the foreign policy front.
The motion also criticised military operations in the country's tribal region and southwest Balochistan province, where the nationalist rebels have waged an armed revolt demanding more autonomy.
A total of 101 members stood in favour of the motion today when the Speaker asked the house as to who support the motion. Hussain, however, did not allow opposition member Aitzaz Ahsan to read out the text of the motion.
The opposition enjoys support of 141 members in the 342-strong National Assembly and needs 31 more votes for the success of the motion.
The government and its allies have 201 members in the house and it does not appear that the motion will succeed.
The opposition is demanding secret voting, saying that many members who quit the opposition ranks during the past few years under "pressure" from government would vote for the motion.
Although the ruling coalition has a comfortable majority in the house, the motion has put the military-backed Prime Minister and his cabinet on a parliamentary trial.
The motion against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz is the second such move in the country's parliamentary history. Earlier in 1989, Benazir Bhutto's government had survived such a move, although much stronger forces were against her premiership. |
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