ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan called a meeting of his cabinet tomorrow, Friday, after Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Khan’s move to dissolve parliament last week was unconstitutional.
The former cricket star had moved to break up the lower house of parliament ahead of a no-confidence vote against him that he was widely expected to lose. The court said in its judgment that the vote should now go ahead on Saturday, April 9.
Khan said he had called a cabinet and a parliamentary meeting tomorrow, Friday.
“Tomorrow evening I will address the nation,” Khan said on Twitter. “My message to our nation is I have always & will continue to fight for Pak till the last ball.”
The PM’s tweet came after the Supreme Court ruled that’s Khan push last week to disallow a no-confidence motion against him in parliament was unconstitutional.
Thursday’s ruling in the capital Islamabad could spell the premature end of Khan’s tenure in a country where no elected leader has finished their full term in office.
The 69-year-old, who steered Pakistan to cricket World Cup victory in 1992, came to power in 2018 after rallying the country behind his vision of a corruption-free, prosperous nation respected on the world stage.
