Pakistan: No-Confidence motion disallowed; PM Imran Khan advises President to dissolve Assemblies

The key vote was scheduled to take place today, almost a month after opposition groups in Pakistan presented a no-confidence resolution against Prime Minister Imran Khan in the National Assembly. However, in an unexpected turn of events on Sunday in the Pakistan National Assembly, the Deputy Speaker paused the session and rejected the no-confidence resolution on the grounds that it was part of a foreign plot and posed a security danger. Shortly after, Imran Khan addressed the country, saying he had advised Pakistan's President to dissolve the Assembly. He urged his country to get ready for elections.