Islamabad, President Arif Alvi Pakistan today dissolved Parliament setting the stage for early elections after the prime minister sidestepped a no-confidence move earlier in the day.

Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan asked President Arif Alvi to dissolve the National Assembly, or law-making lower house of Parliament.

Pakistan’s constitution calls for the establishment of an interim government to see the country toward elections, which are to be held within 90 days. According to the constitution, the interim government is to be established with input from the opposition.

Khan’s political opponents have called a decision by the Parliament’s deputy speaker to throw out their no-confidence resolution illegal and vowed to go to the Supreme Court, the Associated Press (AP) news reported.

Source: Oman News Agency