Imran Khan’s Government Falls After Midnight No-Trust Vote

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New Delhi, April 10, 2022: After weeks of political tussle, midnight cabinet meetings and emotional appeals. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan still failed to keep his government and lost the crucial no-confidence motion against him on Saturday-- becoming the first prime minister in the history of the nation to be ousted due to no-trust.

As many as 174 members of the Pakistan National Assembly voted in favour of the motion in the 342-member House while members of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were absent during the voting.


Shehbaz Sharif, the front-runner for Pakistan’s new PM:
Shehbaz Sharif, who is the front-runner for prime ministership in Pakistan after Imran Khan’s removal, is a senior Pakistani politician. He is the president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)

Sharif, who served as the opposition of leader in the Pakistan National Assembly from 2020-22, is the younger brother of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. He is likely to become the prime minister on Monday in the assembly sitting.

Born in an industrial family in Lahore, Shehbaz Sharif is a graduate of the Government College University. He initially joined his family`s steel business and became the president of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industries in 1985.

Shehbaz Sharif’s political career began in the 1980s under the dictatorship of Zia-ul-Haq when elder brother Nawaz Sharif was inducted into the Punjab Provincial Cabinet as Finance Minister.

Sharif, who by then began taking an active interest in politics, entered the Punjab Provincial Assembly in 1988. He was elected to the National Assembly in 1990.