Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 — Article 58

58. Dissolution of the National Assembly..—(1) 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. Explanation.__ Reference in this Article to "Prime Minister" shall not be construed to include reference to a Prime Minister against whom a notice of a resolution for a vote of no-confidence has been given in the National Assembly but has not been voted upon or against whom such a resolution has been passed or who is continuing in office after his resignation or after the dissolution of the National Assembly.

(2)Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (2) of Article 48, the President may also dissolve the National Assembly in his discretion where, a vote of no-confidence having been passed against the Prime Minister, no other member of the National Assembly commands the confidence of the majority of the members of the National Assembly in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, as ascertained in a session of the National Assembly summoned for the purpose.] 1 Re-numbered, added and subs. by the Revival of the Constitution of 1973 Order, 1985 (P.O. No.14 of 1985), Art. 2 and Sch. 2 Subs. by the Constitution (Eighth Amendment) Act, 1985, (Act No. XVIII of 1985), s. 4. 3 Subs. by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Act No. X of 2010), s. 17. 1