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Saif Khalid, Hamza Mohamed, Usaid Siddiqui

Pakistan constitution crisis updates: Parliament dissolved

No prime minister in Pakistan’s history has ever completed the full five-year term [Aamir Qureshi/AFP]
  • Pakistan’s president has dissolved the National Assembly on the advice of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
  • The deputy speaker declared the motion for a no-confidence vote against Khan unconstitutional and part of a plot by “foreign powers” to interfere in Pakistan’s democracy.
  • The opposition, which was hoping to unseat prime minister Khan, has cried foul.
  • Opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari says they will petition the Supreme Court against the move.
  • The opposition thought it had the votes to remove Khan after several political allies and members of his party switched sides.
  • Khan’s cabinet has been dissolved, says the information minister.

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