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Le premier ministre pakistanais Imran Khan, qui a sauvé dimanche son siège sur un coup de théâtre, a longtemps joui d'une réelle popularité avant que ...

Ses efforts pour positionner le Pakistan en acteur régional incontournable n’ont guère porté non plus. Marié en troisièmes noces en 2018 avec Bushra Bibi, issue d’une famille conservatrice et qui porte le voile, et s’affichant souvent le chapelet à la main, il a défendu avec véhémence la controversée loi sur le blasphème. Les 220 millions de Pakistanais, majoritairement très jeunes, ont été largement épargnés (30 000 morts).

Imran Khan asked President Arif Alvi to dissolve the National Assembly, or law-making lower house of Parliament, accusing his political opposition of working ...

Washington has often berated Pakistan for doing too little to fight Islamic militants even as thousands of Pakistanis have died in militant attacks and the army has lost more than 5,000 soldiers. The opposition has also accused Khan of economic mismanagement, blaming him for rising prices and high inflation. His government has also received international praise for its handling of the COVID-19 crisis and implementing so-called “smart lockdowns” rather than countrywide shutdowns. As a result, he’s burned too many bridges at a moment when he badly needs all the help he can get.” As a result, several of Pakistan’s key industries, such as construction, have survived. Khan’s small but key coalition partners along with 17 of his own party members joined the opposition to oust him. Pakistan’s constitution calls for the establishment of an interim government to see the country toward elections, which are to be held within 90 days. Khan’s choice faced a tough challenge and his opponents claimed they had enough votes to install their choice. Pakistan’s military has directly ruled Pakistan for more than half of its 75-year history, overthrowing successive democratically elected governments. But it further deepened the political turmoil in Pakistan. A defiant Khan had called for supporters to stage demonstrations countrywide. They needed a simple majority of 172 votes in Pakistan’s 342-seat Parliament to unseat Khan, a cricket star turned conservative Islamic politician.

Here's a brief profile of key opposition leaders who planned the no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Imran Khan.

195 members, according to the opposition, are present there,” Bin Javaid, reporting from Islamabad, said. Here’s a brief profile of key opposition leaders who planned the no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Imran Khan. Here’s a brief profile of key opposition leaders who planned the no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Pakistan's political turmoil deepened on Sunday, when Prime Minister Imran Khan avoided an attempt to oust him and sought fresh elections, a move the ...

He has said, without citing evidence, that the move to oust him was orchestrated by the United States, a claim Washington denies. The opposition blames Khan for failing to revive the economy and crack down on corruption. Deputy Attorney General Raja Khalid, a top prosecutor, resigned, calling the government's parliamentary move unconstitutional. A prominent newspaper had recently said Khan was "as good as gone", but he had urged his supporters to take to the streets on Sunday ahead of the planned vote. Pakistani lawmakers of the united opposition walk towards the parliament house building to cast their vote on a motion of no-confidence to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Islamabad, Pakistan April 3, 2022. Pakistani lawmakers of the united opposition walk towards the parliament house building to cast their vote on a motion of no-confidence to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Islamabad, Pakistan April 3, 2022.

Imran Khan a échappé à une motion de censure de l'opposition pour le renverser. Il annonce la dissolution du parlement et la convocation d'élections ...

Plus tôt cette semaine, il avait accusé les États-Unis d'ingérence dans les affaires pakistanaises. Imran Khan avait appelé samedi ses partisans à manifester pacifiquement devant le parlement et laissé entendre qu'il avait encore une carte à jouer. Je leur montrerai et je les vaincrai devant l'assemblée», avait-il promis.

Le Premier ministre pakistanais Imran Khan a échappé dimanche à une motion de censure, que le vice-président de l'Assemblée nationale du pays a refusé de ...