Firstemeran con became pakistan's prime minister in 20 18 on a popular wave. He was due to face a no confidence vote that he probably would have lost. But the speaker of the parliament an ally of mister conn, rejected the vote. The move caught the country's many opposition parties off guard but they quickly challenged the speaker's authority to reject the vote. Either way, no pakistany prime minister has ever served a full term.
Prime Minister Imran Khan seems to be trying everything to avoid an ouster. The powerful military brass may simply want a
new leader who is less hostile to the West. Calls for tough sanctions on Russian oil are multiplying. But demand for it has already plummeted—and China and India
sniff a bargain. And the
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