PML-N Government loses two-thirds majority in National Assembly
PML-N Government loses two-thirds majority in National Assembly
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00:00What is the party position now?
00:01Azhar Farooq is joining us, so he will shed some light on this.
00:05Yes, Azhar Farooq, tell us, what is the party position as per the decision?
00:12Look, the number of members of the National Assembly is compulsorily at 336 members,
00:17but one of them is vacant, and that is 335 members.
00:20And now that this decision has been made,
00:22after this, Surajyal has been transferred to the National Assembly.
00:25The Muslim League has 108 members at the moment, because 14 of them have left.
00:31In the same way, the People's Party has 68 members.
00:34They were given 5 MNAs.
00:36These specific seats will be returned.
00:39The United Nations Movement will have 22 members.
00:41The PML has 5 members.
00:43The IPP has 4 members.
00:44The PMLZ has 1 member.
00:46The Baaf Party has 1 member, and the National Party has 1 member.
00:51The Government has 210 members at the moment in the National Assembly.
00:57When this specific seat was given,
00:59at that time, the number of members was two-thirds,
01:02two-thirds went ahead, but now the seats have been returned.
01:05So now there are no more two-thirds.
01:07The Sunni Council has 84 members in the National Assembly.
01:14The Independent, which is backed by Pakistan Tariq Insaaf, has 8 members.
01:21In total, the PTI has 92 members in the National Assembly.
01:26The additional seats that will be given to Pakistan Tariq Insaaf,
01:30these are 22 seats, but all these seats will not be given to Pakistan Tariq Insaaf.
01:34Are these 22 or 23?
01:36What?
01:37Are these 22 or 23 seats?
01:40These are 22.
01:40These 22 seats will be given to the opposition.
01:44But because the United Nations Movement has 8 members,
01:48they also have to go to these seats.
01:50So it is possible that 20 or 21 seats will be given to Pakistan Tariq Insaaf.
01:55But the biggest thing is that Pakistan Tariq Insaaf will become the single largest party in the National Assembly.
02:01112 or 113 seats will be given to Pakistan Tariq Insaaf.
02:05Whereas the total number of seats given to the opposition will be 125 in the National Assembly.
02:12210 will be given to the Government and 125 to the opposition.
02:16So the majority will still be of the Government, but the 2-thirds will not remain.
02:21In the legislation, it is very difficult to reach that point.
02:25Especially what is required by the 2-thirds majority.
02:28Is this the case, Azhar Farooq?
02:29Yes, the 2-thirds majority will not remain with the Government.
02:32The simple majority is still with the Government.
02:35Because the Government wanted 166 seats.
02:38There are still 210 seats.
02:40But if it has to be amended in the constitution, it will not be possible for the Government.
02:44The simple majority will not be able to govern.
02:46Whereas the opposition will have 125 seats in the National Assembly.
02:51Azhar is telling us a very interesting situation right now.
02:56He is saying that after this decision, 210 seats will be given.
03:00Because the majority is still with the opposition.
03:03But the opposition will have 125 seats.
03:05One more thing, you know that the discussion used to be of the 2-thirds majority.
03:10When you have to amend the legislation,
03:13the simple majority is needed for the legislation.
03:15But for the constitution, the majority is needed more.
03:18That was a very interesting aspect.
03:20Now that edge has been removed from the Government.
03:25And of course, they have achieved a lot of success with Tehreek-e-Insaf.
03:28Think about it, the Sunni Atheist Council went to seek relief from the Minister of Justice.
03:32And they got relief from Tehreek-e-Insaf.
03:34But when there is justice, it is called complete justice.
03:38That whatever aspect is there, it should be covered.
03:41And in a way, the judges accepted this.
03:45And this is a very historic decision that was issued by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
03:48And there was a very interesting aspect to it.
03:50You see, this decision has had a big impact on the Senate.
03:58Because the election of the Senate could not have been done in the KPI.
04:02Yes, it lives in the KPI.
04:0311 seats are vacant.
04:06When the PTI will get the designated seats in the KPI, then the Senate will also be completed.
04:10And the PTI will also get additional seats in the Senate.
04:12Yes, yes.
04:13These are all very gradual steps that are being taken.
04:17And let's see what happens in the future.
04:19Let's see.
04:19Because in the KPI, obviously, those who were on the designated seats,
04:23those who were being sent, they were not rejected.
04:25Ali Amin Ghandapur, who is the Prime Minister.
04:27So all these situations are in front of us.
04:30And obviously, now a question has arisen here that a lot of reform is being talked about.
04:34Whether it is an intra-party election.
04:36How many democracies are there in the party?
04:38Whether it is an intra-party election or not.
04:40On that basis, these decisions were made.
04:43After that, a lot of questions were raised on the election.
04:46Now we have to see how far the results of this decision will go.
04:50I wanted to mention one thing.
04:52It was a very beautiful thing.
04:54Normally, we used to talk.
04:56What did we talk about?
04:58When any such thing was discussed, we used to talk about the remarks.
05:02That these are the remarks of the judge, this is what the judge said, this is what the judge said, this is what happened.
05:06That did not give an understanding.
05:08We used to think that the remarks have been decided.
05:10It is not like that.
05:12Now the direct action that has been initiated here.
05:14One remark, one conversation.
05:16What is the lawyer saying?
05:18What is the judge saying?
05:20What is the answer?
05:22From there, we got to see this understanding.
05:24That the remarks can be different, the decision can be different.
05:26And the transparency that remained in it till the end.
05:28This was a great thing.
05:30Live coverage.
05:32Every point was discussed.
05:34Its explanation came in front of us.
05:36And then.
05:38The way the judgment was delivered today.
05:40That was also very interesting.
05:42You see, the Chief Justice came.
05:44He represented the majority.
05:46And the Chief Justice gave the right.
05:48To Mansoor Ali Shah.
05:50To read this decision.
05:52And we saw this transition happening very smoothly.
05:54And this decision.
05:56Let's see what are its political effects.
05:58It has now been decided legally.
06:00I guess so.
06:02Once for all.
06:04Where has this case gone in this particular situation?