Pakistan president approves dissolution of assembly

Pakistan President Arif Alvi has approved the dissolution of national assembly on the advice of Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Earlier in the day, Pakistan's National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri dismissed the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan, terming it a contradiction of Article 5 of the Constitution.

Later, Imran Khan, in an address to the nation, said he had advised the president to dissolve parliament.

Meanwhile, country's Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib said new elections would be held in 90 days.