ISLAMABAD (TSAT) - Pakistan President Dr. Arif Alvi on Sunday dissolved the country's parliament on the advice of Prime Minister Imran Khan after a dramatic surprise in parliament.

Earlier, the speaker of the National Assembly rejected the no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan on the bases of a foreign conspiracy against an elected government. 

“The president accorded his approval to the prime minister’s advice ‘under Article 58 (1) read with Article 48(1) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan’, said the presidency in a statement,

Earlier, Prime Minister Khan announced that he sent advice to the president to dissolve the parliament and hold a fresh election.

On Sunday morning, there was a dramatic development came when the parliament session met for voting on a no-trust motion against premier Khan. 

Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri who was chairing the session rejected the Vote of No Confidence Motion moved by the joint opposition against Khan, citing Article 5 of the Constitution of Pakistan, under which loyalty to the State was the basic duty of every citizen.

Suri in a ruling said the no-confidence motion should be in line with the Constitution, laws, and rules, according to APP. 

“No foreign power has the right to topple an elected government under any conspiracy. So I give the ruling that no-confidence resolution is against the national integrity and sovereignty and I give the ruling to disallow the no-confidence resolution as per rules and law,” the Deputy Speaker ruled. 

Earlier, Minister for Law Ch. Fawad Hussain asked the chair to determine the admissibility of the no-confidence resolution as a foreign conspiracy has been hatched against the elected government. He said that Article 5 (1) was about the loyalty to State and obedience to the Constitution and under which loyalty to the State was the basic duty of every citizen.

The minister told the House that on March 7 Pakistan’s ambassador was summoned to an official meeting by a country with the team of note-takers and was informed that a no-trust motion would be moved against the Prime Minister of Pakistan, state-run APP reported. 

On March 8, he said the motion against the Prime Minister was submitted to the National Assembly Secretariat. Pakistan was warned by that country that future bilateral ties were linked to the success of the motion.

The minister said it was unfortunate that the regime change plot was being carried out at the behest of foreign elements under a conspiracy, adding that some of the government allies and PTI members also joined the plan.

“It is not the matter of no-confidence, it is a blatant violation of Article 5(1) of the Constitution,” he said putting a question before the House on whether foreign assistance could be taken for regime change in Pakistan?

“There should be a ruling on Article 5 (1),” he requested the chair.

After the minister's arguments, the Deputy Speaker rejected the opposition no-trust motion.

On Saturday, Prime Minister Imran Khan accused the opposition parties of playing in the United States’ hands and helping Washington to change the regime in Pakistan.

According to government ministers, Khan received a threatening letter from Washington in which a high US official conveyed to Pakistan's envoy in the US that the Biden administration want regime change in Pakistan through a no-trust motion. If this motion didn’t succeed in parliament to remove Imran Khan from power then Islamabad could face tough consequences. 

However, on Thursday the White House denied any involvement in the current political crisis in Pakistan.