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Support For Imran Khan Faltering Ahead Of No Confidence Vote

ASIA

Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan is looking increasingly unlikely to survive a vote of no-confidence on Friday.

  • Arif Rafiq, president of Vizier Consulting quoted in the NYT says: 'He rightly senses that the end could be near. He’s a fighter. But it simply just doesn’t look like he’ll have the numbers to survive a vote of no confidence.'
  • A Pakistani Prime Minister has never been removed from power via a vote of no-confidence and there are fears that Friday's vote may be accompanied by violence in the nuclear armed state.
  • Khan has called on public support for his premiership by holding a 'million-man' rally in Islamabad on March 27.
  • The Hindustani Times has reported that the 'Pakistan Army distancing itself from the entire issue. According to intelligence input, four top generals including army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and director general of spy agency ISI Lt General Nadeem Anjum have told Imran Khan to step down after the OIC-FM conference.'

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