Beyond Pakistan’s no-confidence motion

Beyond Pakistan’s no-confidence motion

On 10 April, Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan was deposed from office by a no-confidence vote, days after he defied the Constitution to block a similar attempt by dissolving Parliament. Now, Imran Khan and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are refusing to recognise the new government led by Shehbaz Sharif, while the political crisis that led to the court's historic rulling remains.

How are civil society groups and the wider public reacting to what's happening in Pakistan? Is there a broad understanding of the legality of the events unfolding beyond legal/advocacy groups? And what are the internal dynamics that allowed this no-confidence motion to happen?

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