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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Nadim Asrar, Q Zaman

Pakistan political crisis updates: Supreme Court adjourns hearing

A motorcyclist rides past a billboard with the picture of PM Imran Khan displayed outside the National Assembly in Islamabad [Anjum Naveed/AP]
  • Pakistan’s top court has again adjourned the hearing of arguments on whether Prime Minister Imran Khan had the legal right to dissolve parliament and call for early elections.
  • On Sunday, Khan’s ally and deputy parliament speaker, Qasim Suri, dissolved the National Assembly to sidestep a no-confidence vote that Khan appeared certain to lose.
  • The opposition claims the deputy speaker had no constitutional authority to throw out the no-confidence vote and claims it was a ploy by Khan to stay in power.
  • This live blog is now closed. Thank you for joining us. Here are the updates for April 5, 2022:

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