Pakistan PM Imran Khan's ruling party splits, parliament majority at risk

A member of the party, Jahangir Tareen, recently had a fallout with Khan and is backed by 40 lawmakers of the National Assembly and provincial Punjab Assembly reports Dawn newspaper.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ruling party has split and a senior member has formed a breakaway group, putting the government and its thin parliamentary majority at risk.

Jahangir Tareen, who’s recently fallen out with Khan, is backed by 40 lawmakers of the federal National Assembly and provincial Punjab Assembly, Dawn newspaper reports, citing Raja Riaz, the leader of the new group. Khan’s party has 156 members out of a total 342 seats in the federal assembly and 181 of total 369 members in the largest Punjab provincial assembly.

It’s the latest round of political turmoil for Khan, who won