Ousted Pakistani PM Khan's party resigns from lower house of parliament - GulfToday

Ousted Pakistani PM Khan's party resigns from lower house of parliament

  • 11 Apr 2022
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Imran Khan, along with his party members, attends a parliament session. File

Legislators from ousted Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan's party announced they are resigning en masse from the lower house of parliament on Monday in protest against the formation of a new government by his political opponents on Monday.

"We are announcing we are all resigning," Shah Mahmood Qureshi, former foreign minister and vice president of Khan's party, said in a speech in the assembly ahead of the vote to elect a new prime minister.

Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote by the same assembly in the early hours of Sunday. 

Reuters

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