The story goes on under the ad As of Saturday, opposition leaders had garnered enough support among lawmakers to oust Khan from power as he struggled to manage spiral inflation and other internal problems. But Khan, 69, a charismatic former cricket star who won the post in 2018 after a campaign to reform a corrupt political system and bring justice to all Pakistanis, accused him of trying to oust him in a foreign conspiracy he claimed was supported. from the United States. On Saturday, Kahn vowed to resist the no-confidence motion, hinting at a surprise move and calling on supporters to hold peaceful demonstrations across the country. “Congratulations to the nation. “The speaker rejected the attempted regime change planned by foreigners,” Hahn said in a brief televised statement Sunday, looking exhausted but sounding optimistic. “The nation will not allow this conspiracy to succeed. The assembly will be dissolved and we will go back to the people. “We will prepare for new elections and you will decide the future of Pakistan.” The story goes on under the ad In recent weeks, as he has fought for his political life, Khan has repeatedly claimed that the US government was behind a conspiracy to oust him from power, citing a private diplomatic telegram saying Washington would be happier with new leaders. in Pakistan. But the telegram has not been made public and a State Department spokesman said there was “no truth” in the allegations. The conflict has plunged Pakistan’s troubled democratic system into chaos, bringing its political institutions face to face and turning the legislative process into a quarrel. It has also put new pressure on Pakistan’s long-standing but uncomfortable relations with the United States, which have moved away from the Cold War and counterterrorism cooperation with a mutual responsibility to intervene in Afghanistan. The Han government is now much closer to China, its most important economic and political ally. Khan, who came to power as a a liberal domestic reformer, he has since reformed himself as a devout Muslim and ardent nationalist. In recent speeches, with a messianic fervor, he described his struggle for political survival as a “war for the future of our country” and said Pakistan – a nuclear power plant of 220 million people – must choose between being a proud, independent nation or submitting as “slaves” to foreign interests. The story goes on under the ad Stumbling over efforts to support the economy and implement promised reforms, Khan has sought to refocus popular support on his larger, more spiritual vision for the nation – an issue that is likely to dominate his much-anticipated election campaign. He told an audience that his struggle to stay in power was a clash between “good and bad”. Pakistan’s strong military establishment has responded quickly to the political turmoil, saying it will stay out of the crisis altogether. The chief military spokesman, Lt. Gen. Babar Iftikhar, told Hum News on Sunday afternoon that “the army has nothing to do with what happened today. “What happened today was a purely political process.” The army, he added, “stands by the law and the constitution.” The military has a long history of interfering in Pakistan’s domestic and electoral politics and has seized power several times since the country was founded in 1947. Khan’s relationship with military officials has cooled since they tacitly backed his candidacy in 2018. Today’s army The leaders promised to remain neutral in political politics, even when Khan was struggling to stay in power. The story goes on under the ad Leading political opposition leaders, waiting to oust Khan from power by the end of the day on Sunday, were left in a state of rage and frustration. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, leader of the Pakistan People’s Party, said it was “completely illegal” to suspend the vote. “The prime minister has lost his majority and must leave.” Shahbaz Sharif, a senior leader of the Pakistan Muslim League, has demanded that Khan and the speaker be found guilty of treason for violating the constitution. Sharif and Zardari, longtime rivals from affluent political dynasties, joined forces with many other parties to try to oust Khan. Both men have been charged with financial crimes by the Khan government and are currently on bail. It was unclear whether and when the Supreme Court would act on the opposition’s demands to re-approve the vote of no confidence, let alone overturn the suspension of Parliament. For the time being, as a sign of contempt, members of the opposition remained concentrated in the legislature until the afternoon, having discussions at their desks with the lights off. The story goes on under the ad Khan, while condemning his own His longtime opponents as traitors and thieves have expressed particular contempt for lawmakers from his own party who recently jumped into the opposition as his fortune deteriorated, calling them “turbans” who were “sold like goats” at a fair. Opportunistic party change is common in Pakistan and observers see it as a permanent obstacle to the development of a stable and mature democracy. Some analysts have described the crisis as a new example of why Pakistan’s democratic system was both a hoax and a failure – a game of musical chairs rather than a stable institution. “[This] “This is the latest episode in Pakistan’s political soap opera,” Zahid Hussain, a columnist for the Dawn newspaper, wrote recently. However, some of Khan’s former supporters say he has failed to deliver on a number of specific promises, such as eradicating corruption, reforming the government and reducing poverty. The story goes on under the ad “I’m extremely disappointed that Mr Imran Khan, despite his strong claims, has failed in every area,” said Malik Ahmed Hussain Dehar, a member of parliament from Khan’s party. He said Kahn was trying to “get credit for an independent foreign policy, but we are isolated internationally. People suffer from high prices and no one cares. “This government is just a story of failure.” Shaiq Hussain in Islamabad contributed to this report.
