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Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad

Pakistani PM steps up criticism of west as confidence vote looms

People at a market in Karachi watch an address by Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan
People at a market in Karachi watch an address by Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, after his visit to Russia last month. Photograph: Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images

Addressing the crowds at a public rally in Punjab last week, Pakistan’s prime minister was on the attack. Western leaders, Imran Khan said, treated Pakistan as their “slave” and presumed that “whatever you say, we will do”.

Days before, it had been announced that Khan would be facing a vote of no confidence in parliament at the end of March, after more than 100 members of Pakistan’s united opposition successfully tabled a motion to oust him. The vote will take place on Friday 25 March.

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