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Pakistan to go to the polls after PM Khan foils move to sack him

A tumbled banner supporting Prime Minister Imran Khan, near the National Assembly in Islamabad.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan foiled an attempt to boot him from office Sunday by getting the president to dissolve the national assembly, meaning fresh elections must be held within three months.

On a day of high drama, the assembly deputy speaker refused to accept a motion of no confidence in the government, as Khan simultaneously appeared on TV to say there had been "foreign interference" in Pakistan's democratic institutions.

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