The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has taken out massive rallies in several cities across the country to protest against Imran Khan's ouster as the Prime Minister through a no-confidence motion last night.Protest rallies were held in various cities including Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar, and Lahore with demonstrators shouting slogans against the Opposition.Earlier, Khan said that today marked the beginning of a "freedom struggle" against what he called a "foreign conspiracy of regime change". In an attempt to galvanise his supporters, he said "it is always the people who protected their own sovereignty and democracy"."Pakistan became an independent state in 1947; but the freedom struggle begins again today against a foreign conspiracy of regime change. It is always the people of the country who defend their sovereignty & democracy," he said in another Tweet.In Karachi, the city was lighted up for Imran Khan following his ouster.In Islamabad, the protest started from Zero Point, .
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
Hours after ouster, Imran's close aide's house was raided and his family's mobile phones were confiscated
The expert believes that due to a dozen of multi-party coalitions and the country's economic problems, Shehbaz after a few months might hand over to a caretaker government and then go for elections
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday nominated himself for the post of prime minister after the unceremonious ouster of Imran Khan. The move came hours after Khan was removed from office through a no-confidence vote held early Sunday morning, becoming the first premier in the country's history to be sent home after losing the trust of the House. In accordance with the deadline of the submission stipulated by the National Assembly, 70-year-old Shehbaz submitted nomination papers for the new leader of the house, the Express Tribune newspaper reported. "Special thanks to media, civil society, lawyers, my Quaid Nawaz Sharif, Asif Zardari, Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, Bilawal Bhutto, Khalid Maqbool, Khalid Magsi, Mosin Dawar, Ali Wazir, Amir Haider Hoti & leaders & workers of all political parties for standing up for the Constitution!" he tweeted. Former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chair Asif Ali Zaradri had proposed Shehbaz's name ..
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Imran Khan will launch a protest movement from Peshawar in a few days
Khan, who came to power in 2018 with promises to create a Naya Pakistan', was unceremoniously removed from the office
According to various media reports, Khan made a botched attempt to replace Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa in order to bring someone more pliant
Khan lost majority last month after some of the coalition partners decided to part ways while several dissidents openly defied his authority.
Pakistan political crisis: Parliament will convene again on Monday to pick a new prime minister, which will almost certainly be opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif.
As chief minister of Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province, Sharif planned and executed a number of ambitious infrastructure mega-projects
Notably, no Prime Minister has completed a full five-year tenure in Pakistan so far
The nation of more than 220 million people lies between Afghanistan to the west, China to the northeast and India to the east, making it of vital strategic importance.
Imran Khan lost the trust vote in the National Assembly in a late-night vote after high political drama
Pakistan political crisis: As many as 174 members voted in favour of the motion in the 342-member House while members of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were absent during the voting.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was removed from office through a no-confidence vote
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Speaker Asad Qaiser cites 26-year friendship with Imran Khan for decision