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Pakistan's PM vows to fight on after Parliament ousts him

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By KATHY GANNON

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I don't agree with Imran Khan on much politically at all, but this kind of foreign-backed coup really needs to stop. He was dutifully elected and seemed to represent at the very least a plurality of his people. Time and time again we see how devastating the effects of this kind of coup can be. Which is probably the whole point of it to begin with: to destabilize any region that won't fall in line.

People across Pakistan seem thoroughly unhappy, I haven't seen protests of this scale in a very long time. I do wonder if this will even stick when the will of the power seems so overwhelmingly opposed.

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Inclined to believe Khan that a superpower was behind his removal? Coup?

Wouldn't logic instead suggest that such a power (any power; there are quite a few in the neighborhood) wanting regime change in this country would favor a military takeover and broad martial law (or perhaps worse?), as opposed to timely action via a no-confidence vote motion (permitted under Pakistan's Constitution) by the Parliament of Pakistan, following deliberations by the Supreme Court of Pakistan?

Seems to me that any power wanting Pakistan to be a puppet would not favor a democratic method on which to remove Khan.

Khan supporters can find some comfort, though, in the fact that it appears that he will probably 'do a Marzouki' - as it is referred to in Tunisia - and continue to sponsor turmoil and revolution from the comfort and convenience of living abroad in a friendly country.

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This has the stench of the nefarious hand of the CIA all over it.

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LOL, as if the CIA hasn't anything better to do. Khan has been stinky to his people long ago, I'm surprised it has taken this long to vote him out.

There is no benefit to Pakistan for any CPEC project, the benefits all go to Chinese exporters, yet Pakistan has to pay for them. Look at neighbour Sri Lanka, bankrupt! Pakistan will go the same way sooner or later if Khan stay on.

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Explains much.

Imran Khan, who was ousted as Pakistan’s prime minister on Saturday, threatened to implement martial law rather than hand over power to the opposition, according to documents seen by the Guardian.

According to security officials, on the day of the no-confidence vote . . . the prime minister had then attempted to sack the chief of the army in order to provoke the military into taking control and impose martial law.

“Imran Khan wanted to sack the army chief, but the forces received information about it and they thwarted his plan after they came to know about it,” said a security official on condition of anonymity. “Khan wanted to create a huge crisis to remain in power.”

It appears that the friction between Khan and the military came to a head on Saturday night. Khan met with Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, the army’s chief of staff, that night after trying to remove him earlier in the day, according to Reuters. Local media reported Bajwa told Khan to accept his fate and stop interfering in the vote.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/10/imran-khan-threatened-to-impose-martial-law-documents-suggests-pakistan-elections-army?fr=operanews

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For all of you who insist this must be an act from an outside power, consider that votes of no confidence leading to a change in prime ministers is pretty normal stuff in Parliamentary democracies. That Pakistan accomplished this without a military coup and / or fighting in the streets is actually a good sign their political and military cultures are maturing a bit.

Mr. Kahn had no shortage of enemies. His handling of the development of Gwadar port and seeming capitulation to Chinese demands at the expense of local populations, especially the local fishermen now displaced by Chinese trawlers, has left a very bitter taste in too many mouths. Endless money for a walled off, fortified Chinese port run by Chinese without hiring locals while the locals struggle to find fresh water, health care and their infrastructure remains old and dilapidated.

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