Imran Khan Using Delaying Tactics In Face Of No-Confidence Motion: Reports

Media reports speculated Imran Khan brought in retired General Raheel Sharif to speak for him, ostensibly to General Bajwa, but the move failed.

Amid the looming no-confidence motion against his government, Imran Khan has resorted to delaying tactics in order to somehow avoid the precarious situation the ruling coalition led by his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) faces at this point, media reports said on Tuesday. 

Pakistan's top court has interfered in the political tussle by beginning to examine, on a daily basis constitutional issues pertaining to the no-confidence motion moved against Prime Minister Imran Khan's government.

The ruling regime has countered this by making a presidential reference to the court urging it to interpret provisions of the Constitution that determine the extent to which a lawmaker, elected to the House as the nominee of one party, can act and vote against that party. This is being seen as an attempt by Imran Khan to stop his own party's legislators from voting against the ruling coalition during the no-confidence vote.

The mood remains volatile with the army maintaining a stoic silence. Recently, a disgruntled ruling party lawmaker 'warned' Khan against replacing the present chief, General Bajwa, whose extended tenure ends in November.