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Pakistani President Arif Alvi has announced the dissolution of parliament at the request of Prime Minister Imran Khan and called early elections within 90 days, shortly after parliament dropped a draft motion of no-confidence against the prime minister.

Information Minister Farouk Habib confirmed on his Twitter account that Imran Khan has dissolved the cabinet and will continue to perform his duties in accordance with Article 224 of the constitution, suggesting that early elections will take place within 90 days.

Pakistani Information Minister Fouad Chaudhry confirmed that the president had dissolved the government.

Today, Sunday, the Pakistani Parliament annulled the draft resolution to vote on no-confidence against Prime Minister Imran Khan, and the Speaker of the session, Qassim Khan Suri, Deputy Speaker of Parliament considered that the draft vote of confidence was the result of a conspiracy that would harm the higher national interest, and therefore announced his rejection based on Article 5 of the Constitution, which It prevents voting on any draft resolution whose motives are not credible.

The opposition had demanded a parliamentary session of no confidence in Khan after accusing him of his inability to address the files of the economy and foreign policy.

Imran Khan accuses the United States of supporting the attempt to impeach him

On the other hand, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan accused the United States of supporting the attempt to isolate him to change the regime, and said that the attempt to change the regime in Pakistan is a blatant interference by Washington in the internal politics of the country.

Khan called on the Pakistani people to protest today, Sunday, in all cities, to reject what he described as a conspiracy against his government, and announced that he will attend today, with all his party's deputies, the parliament session to vote on the draft no-confidence against his government.

The Islamabad metropolitan police closed the main road leading to the parliament building and the headquarters of the government to prevent disturbances, and the Pakistani (GIO) channel reported that the Pakistani authorities tightened security measures in the capital, Islamabad, today, and the channel stated that the local administration decided to activate Item No. 144 in The capital in order to prevent any bad incidents from happening on the crucial day, explaining that the deputy mayor of Islamabad confirmed in a statement that the red zone (which includes government and military buildings, as well as the residence of the President and Prime Minister) was fenced with barbed wire, in addition to strengthening security measures in the capital in general. .