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Prime minister Imran Khan has dissolved Pakistan’s parliament and triggered fresh elections, catapulting the country into a constitutional crisis as the former cricket captain fights to stay in power.

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With his party losing its slim parliamentary majority as inflation and falling living standards have stoked discontent, Khan’s political

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Pakistan’s National Assembly to end the prime minister’s term with a no-confidence vote on Sunday.

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But in a shock move, the Khan-allied speaker dismissed the motion in absentia, claiming that it was unconstitutional.

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“I ask people to prepare for the next elections,” Khan said in a broadcast address on Sunday. “Thank God, a conspiracy to topple the government has failed.”

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Elected on a reform and anti-corruption platform, the populist Muslim politician has struggled to live up to expectations.

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Pakistan’s powerful military was crucial to Khan’s victory in 2018, analysts said, the military has insisted it has no involvement in the current political situation

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