According to Article 58, "The president shall dissolve the National Assembly if so advised by the prime minister; and the National Assembly shall, unless sooner dissolved, stand dissolved at the expiration of forty-eight hours after the prime minister has so advised."

The development was also shared on Twitter.

Earlier,ٰ State Information Minister Farrukh Habib in a tweet said that elections would be held in 90 days.

Reacting to the development, PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari urged all institutions to "protect, uphold, defend & implement" the Constitution of Pakistan.

"The government has violated the constitution. did not allow voting on a no-confidence motion. The united opposition is not leaving parliament. Our lawyers are on their way to Supreme Court," he said in a tweet.