Muhammad Khan Junejo was the first prime minister in the parliamentary history of the country to receive a vote of confidence from the National Assembly, which he received on March 24, 1985, under General Zia-ul-Haq s Revival of Constitution of 1973 Order (RCO).
Under the RCO, the president appoints the prime minister at their discretion and the prime minister must obtain a vote of confidence from the National Assembly within 60 days of their appointment.
Under the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, all prime ministers of Pakistan, from 1985 to 2008, received a vote of confidence from the National Assembly. These included the late Benazir Bhutto, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Mir Zafarullah Jamali, Chaudhry Shujaat, Shaukat Aziz, and Yousuf Raza Gilani.
KARACHI: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl’s chief and head of Pakistan Democratic Movement Maulana Fazlur Rehman arrived here on Saturday to moblise the party to attend the opposition.
ISLAMABAD: The opposition members in the National Assembly on Friday protested against calling the session on a short notice after a gap over two months.The PML-N parliamentarian Ahsan Iqbal and PPP.
ISLAMABAD: The opposition members in the National Assembly on Friday protested against calling the session on a short notice after a gap over two months.The PML-N parliamentarian Ahsan Iqbal and PPP.