Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register ISLAMABAD, April 10 (Reuters) – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan lost a vote of confidence in parliament on Sunday, the speaker of the lower house said after leaving coalition allies accusing him of deteriorating economy and failing to hold elections. . The announcement of the result of the vote came shortly before 01:00 (2000 GMT) after multiple adjournments in the lower house provoked by members of Khan’s party, who said that there was a foreign conspiracy to oust the cricket star who became a politician . Opposition parties were able to secure 174 votes in the 342-member House of Representatives to support the motion of censure, said President Ayaz Sadik, making it the majority. There were only a few lawmakers from Hahn’s ruling party present for the vote. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register The vote came after a meeting between the country’s powerful army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, and Khan, two sources said, as criticism mounted for delaying the parliamentary process. Opposition leader Sehbaz Sharif is the pioneer in leading the nation of 220 million nuclear weapons, where the military has ruled half its history. read more Sehbaz, 70, the younger brother of three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has a reputation for being an effective manager. Kahn, 69, came to power in 2018 with the support of the military, but recently lost his parliamentary majority when the Allies left his coalition government. There were also indications that he had lost military support, analysts said. Opposition parties say they have failed to revive an economy hit by COVID-19 or to deliver on its promise to make Pakistan a nation free of corruption, prosperous and respected on the world stage. His ouster extends Pakistan’s unwanted record of political instability: No prime minister has completed his full term since independence in 1947, although Khan is the first to step down by a vote of no confidence. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Report by Asif Shahzad, Syed Raza Hassan and Gribran Naiyyar Peshimam in Islamabad. Writes Sanjeev Miglani. Editing by William Mallard, Jan Harvey and Jonathan Oatis Our role models: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
