Taking to social media, Khan wrote: "Pakistan became an independent state in 1947; but the freedom struggle begins again today against a foreign conspiracy of regime change. It is always the people of the country who defend their sovereignty and democracy."
After suffering a humiliating setback in a no-confidence vote against himself, former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday reaffirmed his accusation of a "foreign plot" and declared that the "freedom struggle begins today".
Taking to social media, Khan wrote: "Pakistan became an independent state in 1947; but the freedom struggle begins again today against a foreign conspiracy of regime change. It is always the people of the country who defend their sovereignty and democracy."
Pakistan became an independent state in 1947; but the freedom struggle begins again today against a foreign conspiracy of regime change. It is always the people of the country who defend their sovereignty & democracy.
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After a day filled with drama on Saturday, Imran Khan was eventually defeated at midnight by a no-confidence motion. Khan had left the Prime Minister's official house only minutes before voting on the critical no-trust vote in the National Assembly, according to a senior politician from his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.
In the 342-member National Assembly, 174 members voted in favour of a no-confidence resolution against Imran Khan, making him the country's first prime to be removed through a no-trust vote. So far, no Prime Minister in Pakistan's history has completed a successful five-year tenure.
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