Pakistan’s\u00a0Prime Minister Imran Khan\u00a0has been ousted as leader after losing a vote of no confidence over allegations of economic mismanagement and mishandling of the country’s foreign policy.<\/p>\n
The parliamentary vote, held Sunday, saw the former cricket star defeated. The opposition needed a minimum of 172 votes out of the 342 member assembly to oust him.<\/p>\n
The vote of no confidence was backed by an alliance of politicians including more than a dozen defectors from Khan’s own political party.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court also quashed Khan’s earlier order to dissolve parliament and call for early elections, calling it of “no legal effect.”<\/p>\n
Sunday’s vote took place after the country’s Supreme Court ruled in favour of opposition parties and said that Mr Khan had acted unconstitutionally.<\/p>\n
Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif – who is expected to be chosen as the new prime minister on Monday<\/p>\n
Pakistan, a nation of 220 million, has struggled with political instability since its formation in 1947, with multiple regime changes and military coups. No prime minister has ever completed a full five-year term under the present constitution of 1973.<\/p>\n
Khan’s ouster comes just short of four years in office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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