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Fresh turmoil for Pakistan as Imran Khan dodges ouster, opposition vows fight

Fresh turmoil for Pakistan as Imran Khan dodges ouster, opposition vows fight

ASIF SHAHZAD and GIBRAN NAIYYAR PESHIMAM PAKISTAN'S political turmoil deepened when Prime Minister Imran Khan avoided an attempt to oust him and sought fresh elections after dissolving parliament, a move the opposition called treasonously and vowed to fight. The deputy speaker of parliament, a member of Khan's party, blocked an opposition no-confidence motion that Khan had widely been expected to lose, ruling it was part of a foreign conspiracy and unconstitutional. That stymied the opposition's attempt to come to power and set up a potential legal showdown over the Constitution in the country of 220 million people. Opposition leader Shehbaz…
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