INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pakistani President Arif Alvi dissolved the National Assembly on Sunday at the request of the country&s prime minister, said a statement
from the president&s secretariat, Reuters reported.President of Pakistan Arif Alvi has approved the advice of the Prime Minister of Pakistan
to dissolve the National Assembly under Article 58 (1) read with Article 48 (1) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,&
said the statement.According to Reuters earlier in the day, in a televised address to the nation on national TV, Pakistani Prime Minister
Imran Khan told the nation that he had sent advice to the president to dissolve the national assembly or the lower house of the
parliament.Khan said a foreign power hatched a conspiracy to remove his government through a no-confidence motion against him, and the
deputy speaker of the lower house rejected the motion because the nation cannot let such kind of conspiracies succeed, read the report.Imran
Khan noted that he wants his nation to start preparing for elections and not let any foreign power decide the future of Pakistan, adding
that once the national assembly is dissolved, a procedure to appoint a caretaker set-up will start, Reuters reported.Information Minister
Fawad Chaudhry said on Twitter that the president has asked Khan to continue working as the prime minister until the caretaker government is
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