Pakistan’s Supreme Court Blocks Imran Khan’s Move to Stay in Power
The prime minister will now face a no-confidence vote, which he had tried to avoid by dissolving Parliament, a move his opponents called a coup.
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The crisis, which was purely political in nature, is being sought to be painted as a national security crisis by former prime minister Khan, whose supporters range from the lower-income group to the upper-middle-class urban elite for whom Imran Khan, a former World Cup-winning cricket captain, remains a folk hero.
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