Imran Khan is the first head of government in the country’s history to fall on a vote of no confidence since the country’s independence in 1947.
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No Prime Minister has completed his term in Pakistan since the country’s independence in 1947. Imran Khan was no exception, but above all, he was the first to fall on a vote of no confidence. In office since 2018, the former cricket champion (national sport in Pakistan) was overthrown on Sunday April 10 by a motion of censure voted against him by the National Assembly, after several weeks of political crisis. and a final day under very high tension.
The motion was “approved” by 174 of the 342 deputies, announced the acting speaker of the chamber, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq.
It is Shehbaz Sharif, the leader of the Muslim League of Pakistan (PML-N) and younger brother of Nawaz Sharif, who was three times Prime Minister, who should succeed him at the head of this Islamic republic of 220 million inhabitants. , armed with nuclear weapons. He should be confirmed in this post by the Assembly on Monday.