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Tuesday, Jun 24, 2025
Imran Khan’s point, during his national address on the eve of the contentious no-confidence vote that removed him, was that “no superpower can dictate terms to India".
Shehbaz, the 70-year-old younger brother of former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, has served as chief minister of the country's most populous and politically crucial Punjab province thrice.
The joint Opposition - a rainbow of socialist, liberal and radically religious parties - secured the support of 174 members in the 342-member National Assembly.
In a live-address to the nation ahead of the no-trust motion on Saturday, 69-year-old Khan asked his supporters to join him on the street on Sunday evening.
In a unanimous verdict, a five-member bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial restored the parliament and declared the advice by Prime Minister Khan to President Arif Alvi to dissolve the national assembly as unconstitutional.
Soaring inflation, devaluation of currency, massive external debt and corruption --- Pakistan economy is mired in chaos.
Imran Khan lost his majority in parliament last week as his opponents built support in advance of a vote of no-confidence that had been due on Sunday.
Earlier in the day, the Cabinet Secretariat issued a notification stating that Khan had 'ceased to hold the office of the prime minister of Pakistan with immediate effect.'
Prime Minister Khan, who had effectively lost majority in the 342-member National Assembly, made a brief address to the nation after a stormy parliament session.
Ahead of Sunday's no-confidence motion, Khan said the Pakistani military gave him three options – no-confidence vote, early elections or resignation.
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