The Prime Minister needed at least 172 votes but secured 178 from the National Assembly.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan won the parliament’s trust by securing 178 votes from the National Assembly in a crucial and tense atmosphere in Islamabad on Saturday. The premier needed at least 172 votes to win the confidence of the 342-member house but secured 178 votes, the National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser announced.
The win comes as the opposition claimed that the prime minister had lost the confidence of the majority. The 10-party alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) boycotted the session but gathered outside the parliament house to show strength. Many Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters, mostly young members, also assembled near the parliament to show support for PM Imran Khan and criticize the opposition’s alleged horse-trading in the Senate polls.
