Today’s outlook: PM secures vote of confidence, North-Waziristan operation

Here are the stories we will be following today [Sunday]:

  • Prime Minister Imran Khan won the confidence of the National Assembly after 178 out of 342 lawmakers expressed their trust in his leadership. The opposition boycotted the session.
  • In a speech in the assembly, the PM told the Election Commission of Pakistan to take a briefing from agencies regarding the corruption that takes place during voting.
  • In a scuffle outside the Parliament on Saturday, PTI and PML-N supporters were up against each other. During the chaos, a shoe was hurled at Ahsan Iqbal.
  • PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will meet opposition leader Hamza Shehbaz in Lahore’s Model Town.
  • The PTI has submitted a request in the ECP to not release the victory notification of PPP’s Yousaf Raza Gillani.
  • The government and its coalition have selected Sadiq Sanjrani to remain the Senate chairman.
  • The Pakistan Army killed eight “terrorists” in an operation in North Waziristan.


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