Pakistan parliament to try again on vote to oust PM Imran Khan

Islamabad, 9/4: Pakistan’s parliament will vote on Saturday on whether to remove Imran Khan as prime minister, days after he blocked a similar attempt, potentially adding to political and economic uncertainty in the nuclear-armed country.

 

 

Ahead of the vote that Khan is widely expected to lose, the former cricket star vowed to “struggle” against any move to replace him, the latest twist in a crisis that has threatened political and economic stability in the South Asian nation of 220 million people.

 

Khan acted unconstitutionally last Sunday in blocking a no-confidence vote and dissolving parliament, the country’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, ordering parliament to reconvene

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