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Pakistan political crisis: Imran Khan ousted, paving way for power shift

Pakistan political crisis: Parliament will convene again on Monday to pick a new prime minister, which will almost certainly be opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif.

Televisions broadcast live footage of Imran Khan, Pakistan's prime minister, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Friday, April 8, 2022. Photo: Bloomberg
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Televisions broadcast live footage of Imran Khan, Pakistan's prime minister, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Friday, April 8, 2022. Photo: Bloomberg

Kamran Haider and Ismail Dilawar | Bloomberg
Pakistan lawmakers ousted Imran Khan as prime minister in a no-confidence vote, ending his four-year run as leader after he clashed with the country’s powerful military and Asia’s second-fastest inflation eroded support. 
 
A united opposition bloc cobbled together 174 lawmakers to vote against Khan after midnight in Islamabad, two more than required to remove him from office. Parliament will convene again on Monday to pick a new prime minister, which will almost certainly be opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif. 

“A new morning is beginning, a new day is about to start,” Sharif told lawmakers after the results were

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