Pakistan’s political crisis reached a nadir on Saturday, when Prime Minister Imran Khan lost a no-confidence vote minutes before midnight, becoming the country’s first Prime Minister to be thrown out.
According to rumors, Shehbaz Sharif, the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, will be the next Prime Minister.
Tomorrow, Sharif will meet with President Arif Alvi, and a new government leader will be formally elected on April 11, 2022.
The declaration occurred after Speaker Asad Qaiser and Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri resigned from their positions in the National Assembly (NA).
Meanwhile, Fawad Hussain, a cabinet minister, described Khan’s removal as a “sad day for Pakistan….. return of looters a good man sent home.”
Reham Khan, Imran Khan’s ex-wife, shared a photo of Shehbaz Sharif with the caption “The new PM.”
The Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the government for failing to follow the apex court’s directions on holding the no-confidence vote and the Deputy Speaker’s intention to dissolve parliament in order to aid PM Khan avoid the confidence vote.
