islamabad after suffering a massive setback in the senate election pakistan prime minister imran khan who is set to face a vote of confidence in the national assembly has threatened his party lawmakers to follow the party line or face actionthis comes after khan said that he will sit on opposition benches if lawmakers said they have no confidence in him raise your hand and send me out of the government and i will go to the opposition he said adding i will sit on the opposition benches if i lose the votekhans party pakistan tehreekeinsaf pti has 157 members in the 342member national assembly opposition pakistan muslim leaugenawaz and pakistan peoples party have 84 and 54 members respectivelyin a letter addressed to all members of the parliamentary party pakistan tehreekeinsaaf in the national assembly of pakistan regarding the vote of confidence khan wrote you are required to take part in the voting on the resolution for a vote of confidence in the prime minister as per the directions of the partythe party head may declare any member to have defected from the political party and forward a copy of such declaration to the election commission in case he or she votes or abstains from voting contrary to the direction issued by the party in the vote of confidence in the prime minister under paragraph ii of clause b of article 63a of the constitution of the islamic republic of pakistan he addedthe president of pakistan has summoned the national assembly on march 6 2021 at 1215 pm in the parliament house in the countrys capital for the purpose of requiring khan to obtain the vote of confidence from the national assembly under clause 7 of the article 91 of the constitution of the islamic republic of pakistanthe decision to go for a trust vote came after a candidate from imran khans party lost a crucial islamabad senate seat to pakistan peoples party ppp leader and former prime minister yousuf raza gilani by a slim margin of five voteskhan is not the first pakistani prime minister to face a vote of confidence in the national assemblyin fact under the eighth amendment to the constitution all prime ministers of pakistan from 1985 to 2008 received a vote of confidence from the national assembly these included the late benazir bhutto nawaz sharif mir zafarullah jamali chaudhry shujaat shaukat aziz and yousuf raza gilani reported geo newsbut imran khan is also the second in the history of pakistan who has sought for a voluntary vote of confidencemuhammad khan junejo was the first prime minister in the parliamentary history of the country to receive a vote of confidence from the national assembly which he received on march 24 1985 under general ziaulhaqs revival of constitution of 1973 order rco reported geo newsunder the rco the president appoints the prime minister at their discretion and the prime minister must obtain a vote of confidence from the national assembly within 60 days of their