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'No conspiracy to topple govt': Army contradicts Pakistan PM Imran Khan

Khan lost his parliamentary majority last week and had been facing a no-confidence vote tabled by a united opposition

Supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party during a rally, in Islamabad on April 4	 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS
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Supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party during a rally, in Islamabad on April 4 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS

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Pakistan’s Supreme Court adjourned until Wednesday a hearing to decide the legality of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s blocking of an opposition bid to oust him, a dispute that has led to political turmoil in the country.

Khan lost his parliamentary majority last week and had been facing a no-confidence vote tabled by a united opposition.
 
But the deputy speaker of parliament, a member of Khan’s party, threw out the motion, ruling it was part of a foreign conspiracy and unconstitutional. Khan then dissolved parliament.

Official sources told The Express Tribune newspaper that a wrong impression was given about the military leadership endorsing

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