Pakistan political crisis: Pakistan's NSA resigns amid ongoing political crisis

Pakistan's embattled prime minister faces a no-confidence vote in Parliament on Sunday and the opposition says it has the numbers to win after Imran Khan's allies and partners in a fragile coalition abandoned him.

Ahead of the crucial no-confidence vote, Pakistan's embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan has assured his ruling party lawmakers of victory while opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif said that a “treason" case should be first registered against the premier.

Pakistan was on the edge on Sunday ahead of a crucial session of its Parliament to vote on a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan amidst call for protest by the embattled cricketer-turned politician against a “foreign conspiracy” to oust him.

Pakistan's Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari on Saturday said that the United States attempted to topple the Pakistani government by sending threatening words and is now making false denial. "Has the US government ever spoken the truth? It has always been telling lies to the world. It even lied to the UN about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. But later the lies were exposed, showing that the US spoke blatant lies to very prestigious senior officials of the UN," Xinhua News Agency reported quoting Mazari's video message.

Hours before the crucial vote on the no-confidence motion against Pakistan Prime minister Imran Khan, the ruling party has doubled up efforts to gain support from the public as Pakistan PM called the youth of the country to protest for two days against the "foreign conspiracy" to oust him. He said that this conspiracy was hatched against his government as Pakistan's National Assembly is going to vote against him on a no-confidence motion on Sunday, Geo TV reported.

PM Imran Khan is set to face the no-confidence vote in the National Assembly today.

Ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government and its leadership have decided to incite violence in Islamabad as the National Assembly is all set to vote on the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan. A senior Pakistani journalist, during Geo News programme "Naya Pakistan" on Saturday, said that sources have informed him that the government and PTI leadership have decided to stop the Opposition lawmakers from exiting the parliament lodges and entering the lower house. According to the media outlet, whether the Opposition enters the Assembly or even if they are outside, "they will be beaten," the Geo tv journalist Hamid Mir said while quoting sources after the Prime Minister urged the youth and PTI supporters to protest "peacefully" for two days.

Pakistan's Punjab Assembly (PA) will elect a new leader of the house on Sunday following Usman Buzdar's resignation as the country is in the midst of political uncertainty as the vote on the no-confidence motion against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is also scheduled to be held today. This development came after the session that was held yesterday after hours of discussion between the Opposition and the leader of the house. The session was adjourned till 11:30 am today, Dawn reported.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday urged Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) legislators to attend the National Assembly during the proceedings of the no-confidence motion.The move comes after Khan had earlier directed PTI members of the National Assembly not to participate in the no-confidence motion either by abstaining from voting or not attending the session.Talking to legislators of his party at a dinner hosted by him, Khan said Americans want to bring the opposition to power and they want to enslave the Pakistani nation with the use of money, reported Radio Pakistan.

"We also condemn threats to journalists who have commented - as is their job - on the questionable behaviour of Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI and his government in recent days," HRCP said in a statement.