NA Speaker Asad Qaiser’s ‘disagreement’ with Suri’s ruling: Secretariat strongly refutes news

The Spokesman National Assembly Secretariat has strongly refuted news item circulating in media regarding the Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser on the no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister and the ruling of the Deputy Speaker thereon.

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The Spokesman has termed all such news, fabricated and baseless. He informed that the Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser had decided not to preside over the session on 3rd April since a no-confidence motion had been submitted against him.

He further informed that the Speaker National Assembly concurred with the ruling given by the Deputy Speaker on the no-confidence motion and had signed it. The Spokesman further said that matter was pending before the Hon. Supreme Court and the Speaker will present his point of view before the court through his counsel. He said that attributing such news to Speaker be avoided.

on April 3, an hour before the commencement of the national assembly session scheduled to vote on the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, in a surprising move, the opposition parties have submitted a vote of no-confidence against Speaker Asad Qaiser.

With the motion against him submitted in the National Assembly secretariat, Qaiser will not be constitutionally mandated to chair the session on a no-confidence motion against PM Imran. The voting on the no-confidence motion on Speaker will be held in the next assembly session.

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The opposition in its motion alleged that the speaker has violated the rules of impartiality and attended the core committee meeting of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. The secretariat has acknowledged receiving the motion signed by over 100 opposition members signed the motion against Qaiser.