Daily Times
June 18, 2021
Now when the opposition has decided to withdraw a no-confidence motion against Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri, filed last week, on the request of the government, the opposition may also give a second thought to their plan to come up with a similar motion against National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser.
The opposition may stage an upset if a secret ballot is allowed, which is highly unlikely. The treasury benches have demonstrated a fraught history of switching sides during the Senate elections a few months back when a half score of treasury MNAs voted for Yousaf Raza Gilani.
The conduct of the speaker and the deputy speaker has brought the opposition united, which should worry the treasury benches. Last week the joint opposition in the National Assembly filed a no-confidence motion against Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri. The motion reads that the deputy speaker breached the rules and regulations and democratic values during the [budget] session. And that the deputy
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