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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
On 11 April, now ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan became the first Pakistani prime minister to be ousted through a vote of no-confidence. Opposing parties to Imran Khan’s PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf), led by the popular Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) formed the Pakistan Democratic Movement. Aided by a dozen defectors from Khan’s own party, the coalition managed to overthrow him despite multiple attempts from the 69-year-old leader to call out the vote as unconstitutional and blame it on foreign involvement in influencing his ousting. W…