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Pakistan PM to seek vote of parliamentary confidence after Senate poll setback: minister – Metro US

Pakistan PM to seek vote of parliamentary confidence after Senate poll setback: minister

FILE PHOTO: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Khan visits Sri Lanka
FILE PHOTO: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Khan visits Sri Lanka

KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will seek a vote of confidence from parliament after the government’s finance minister lost a high-profile Senate seat election on Wednesday, the foreign minister said.

“Imran Khan and his party has reached a consensus decision that Imran Khan will take a vote of confidence from the parliament,” Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told a news conference.

(Reporting by Gibran Peshimam; Editing by Angus MacSwan)