*Karachi) A New York-based international news agency Bloomberg has saidthat Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vote of confidence in the NationalAssembly gave a boost to his government and may help attract investments inPakistan, local media reported on Wednesday.*
In its report, Bloomberg stated that Khan’s victory could help Pakistanrecover economically from the pandemic-induced contraction with the help ofthe International Monetary Fund’s six billion dollars loan programme.
The agency said with US President Joe Biden urging allies to upholddemocracy, stability in Pakistan is an advantage in the region, which isalready reeling from a coup in Myanmar.
Prime Minister Imran Khan won the confidence of the National Assembly after178 out of 342 lawmakers expressed their trust in his leadership.
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He took a confidence vote on March 6 to know if the country’s MNAs trusthim or not.
The PM decided to hold a confidence poll after PTI’s candidate Abdul HafeezShaikh lost the Islamabad Senate seat to PDM’s Yousaf Raza Gillani by adifference of five votes.
