Imran Khan Ousted as Pakistan Leader, Paving Way for Power Shift
- Lawmakers remove cricket star in late-night no-confidence vote
- Khan has called for citizen protests starting Sunday evening
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Pakistan lawmakers ousted former cricket star 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.