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With Imran Khan bowled out by 174 votes in opposition at the no-confidence motion, Pakistan is in for a political turmoil.
Imran Khan is the first Prime Minister in Pakistan to be voted out in the country’s history with a no-confidence motion. No prime minister in Pakistan’s history was ever ousted through a no-confidence motion. Imran Khan is the first premier whose fate was decided through a trust vote that he lost eventually.
Imran tried his best to play till the last ball and it took supreme court intervention to conduct no-confidence motion that resulted in to a negative for him.
Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Shehbaz Sharif, could be the next prime minister, according to sources. Sharif will be meeting with President Arif Alvi a new leader of the government will be officially elected on April 11. After being ousted Imran Khan said, “Pakistan became an independent state in 1947, but today is the beginning of a renewed struggle for independence against an external conspiracy to change power. It is always the people of a country who protect and defend their sovereignty and democracy.”
Ayaz Sadiq of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, said the scrutiny of papers for the new prime minister may be done. He summoned the session on Monday at 11 am and said the new premier would be elected then. The National Assembly of Pakistan later informed on its official Twitter account that the house will meet at 2 pm.
“The Sitting of the National Assembly will meet again on Monday, the 11th April, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. instead of 11:00 a.m,” national assembly tweeted.
