Prime Minister Imran Khan called for fresh elections after the speaker of Pakistan’s parliament threw out a no-confidence motion against him, saying it was supported by a foreign power. “I have advised the president to dissolve the parliament and call fresh elections,” Khan said in a brief address to the nation on Sunday. Khan lost his parliamentary majority as allied groups and several lawmakers from his own party switched to the opposition. He would have had to step down if 172 members of the 342-member house voted against him. However, parliamentary speaker Qasim Suri rule dismissed the mot…

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