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Imran Khan ousted as Pakistan’s leader in vote of no confidence

Opposition’s Shehbaz Sharif set to be confirmed as new PM by lawmakers on Monday

Pakistani lawmakers are set to confirm opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister on Monday, after Imran Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote early on Sunday. 

The move will draw a line under weeks of political uncertainty that fuelled a devaluation of the rupee, dragged down the country’s stock market and forced the central bank to raise interest rates.

Khan, a former Pakistan cricket captain who became prime minister in 2018, said he accepted the no-confidence vote’s outcome, but called on supporters to peacefully protest against what he has painted as a foreign-orchestrated coup.

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