Posted on Apr 10, 2022
Pakistan's PM vows to fight on after Parliament ousts him
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The ouster of Prime Minister Imran Khan in a parliamentary no-confidence vote early Sunday set Pakistan on an uncertain political path, with Khan calling on supporters to take to the streets in protest and the political opposition preparing to install his replacement.
Khan was brought down after a day of drama and often vitriolic remarks. His supporters accused Washington of orchestrating his ouster and his party walked out of Parliament shortly before the vote. In the end, 174 lawmakers in the 342-seat Parliament voted to depose him, two more than the required simple majority.
Khan's successor is to be elected and sworn in by Parliament on Monday. The leading contender is Shahbaz Sharif, a brother of disgraced former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
Shahbaz Sharif heads the largest party in a diverse alliance of opposition factions that span the spectrum from the left to radically religious. Khan's nominee for prime minister will be his foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
Khan's ouster comes amid his cooling relations with the powerful military and an economy struggling with high inflation and a plummeting Pakistani rupee. The opposition has charged Khan's government with economic mismanagement.
The ouster of Prime Minister Imran Khan in a parliamentary no-confidence vote early Sunday set Pakistan on an uncertain political path, with Khan calling on supporters to take to the streets in protest and the political opposition preparing to install his replacement.
Khan was brought down after a day of drama and often vitriolic remarks. His supporters accused Washington of orchestrating his ouster and his party walked out of Parliament shortly before the vote. In the end, 174 lawmakers in the 342-seat Parliament voted to depose him, two more than the required simple majority.
Khan's successor is to be elected and sworn in by Parliament on Monday. The leading contender is Shahbaz Sharif, a brother of disgraced former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
Shahbaz Sharif heads the largest party in a diverse alliance of opposition factions that span the spectrum from the left to radically religious. Khan's nominee for prime minister will be his foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
Khan's ouster comes amid his cooling relations with the powerful military and an economy struggling with high inflation and a plummeting Pakistani rupee. The opposition has charged Khan's government with economic mismanagement.
Pakistan's PM vows to fight on after Parliament ousts him
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Pakistan, at least to me, has always been a piece that doesn't fit the rest of the puzzle. An enemy to India which I've always thought of as a stable government, but sometimes ally and sometimes opposed to the US. They seem to defy a logical definition as a country.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
MSgt Dale Johnson They were and "Ally" to Us during the Cold War giving a Place to Launch Spy Planes against Russia, They were an "Ally" to Us as far as getting weapons into the Hands of Afghans Fighting the Russians. Hard to Remember Now, I Know. Times Change. On the Same Tac during the Cold War there was an "Attitude" that You are either with Us or Against Us, At that Time India was the Leader of the "Non-Aligned" Countries and was buying weapons from Russia, Still Are, They also buy Weapons from the West but. There is always a But, Many in the US Considered India as Good as Communist, Weird Right? When Iran Needed to Repair their Russian Kilo Submarine they Hired the Indians to Do It for them. As a Spook, I've "Watched" India as well as Iran, Although I Consider India an Ally.
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