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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
For a few weeks now, the political temperature in Pakistan has been running high. On Sunday, the nation was pushed to the brink of a constitutional crisis after prime minister Imran Khan dissolved parliament in order to prevent a vote of no-confidence that would have likely removed him. It all started with rumours that the parliamentary opposition had gathered nearly 200 votes in the National Assembly, giving it a clear majority and well over the 172 votes needed to topple the Khan administration. Now, Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is facing the biggest challenge to its rule sinc…