Islamabad: Voting on the no-trust motion against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will be held on April 3 and the discussion would start on the no-confidence motion on March 31 in the National Assembly said Pakistan’s interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad.

Rasheed told reporters that he supports the Prime Minister while also dismissing rumours that the PML-Q is feuding over its support for the current PTI government on the no-confidence motion.

Rasheed welcomed the PML-stance and expressed optimism that the MQ-P will also back the government. Sheikh Rasheed claimed that security authorities had apprehended four terrorists with malicious intentions. He stated that the terrorists who were apprehended would be tried in anti-terrorism courts.

The proceedings were deferred until March 31 after a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan was tabled in the National Assembly with a total of 161 votes in favour.

On March 8, the Opposition parties filed a motion of no confidence in the government. As several PTI parliamentarians have come out openly against Prime Minister Imran Khan, the opposition has been optimistic that its resolution would be passed.
Shehbaz Sharif, the leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, moved the motion.

The 69-year-old cricketer-turned-politician is in command of a coalition government that might be deposed if some of the coalition partners decide to change sides. In the 342-member National Assembly, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party (PTI) has 155 members and requires at least 172 MPs to stay in power.

Interior Minister Rashid said that an international plot was afoot to destabilise his regime. Khan made a similar assertion at a rally in Islamabad the day before. In answer to an inquiry, Rashid stated that he was unaware of the letter mentioned by Khan in his address.

Khan spoke at a big rally in the national capital, accusing foreign powers of conspiring to destabilise his coalition government.

Meanwhile, Maryam Nawaz, daughter of former three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a rally challenged Khan, saying “ I dare you to have 172 MNAs with you on the day of the vote on the no-trust resolution," she said at the gathering, which occurred a day after Prime Minister Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party held a big rally in Islamabad in favour of him.