If Imran Khan loses the no-confidence vote, a new government could be headed by opposition leader and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Shehbaz Sharif, the brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. This indication was given by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday.
“Imran Khan has now lost his majority. He is no longer the Prime Minister. Parliament session is tomorrow. Let’s hold voting tomorrow and settle this matter. We can then start working on transparent elections and the journey towards restoration of democracy and an end to economic crisis can then begin,” the PPP chairman said at a press conference yesterday.
He added that Sharif “will soon” become the Prime Minister of the country.
Shehbaz Sharif tabled the no-confidence motion against Khan’s government in the National Assembly on Monday.
Shehbaz Sharif is the president of the PML-N, replacing his brother and ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who has been living in London since being convicted in two corruption cases in Pakistan.
He is the current Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly (lower house of Pakistan’s Parliament).
